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by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 262,974 registered nursing students received their degree, making the major the 3rd most popular in the country.
Across the Plains States region, there were 26,256 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5,008 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 31 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in registered nursing. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their registered nursing program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The registered nursing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree registered nursing students.
Out of the 31 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Research College of Nursing landed the #2 spot on the list. Research College of Nursing is a private for-profit institution located in Kansas City, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 42 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska Medical Center. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region. University of Nebraska Medical Center is located in Omaha, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 36 masters’s registered nursing degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 2 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region. University of Missouri - Kansas City is located in Kansas City, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 121 masters’s registered nursing degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 31 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, MidAmerica Nazarene University landed the #5 spot on the list. Olathe, Kansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s registered nursing degrees to 22 students in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Nebraska Wesleyan University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region ranking. NWU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 10 masters’s registered nursing degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, St Catherine University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 62 diplomas to qualified masters’s registered nursing students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Saint Louis University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 82 masters’s registered nursing degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of Saint Mary came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This small school is located in Leavenworth, Kansas, and it awarded 4 masters’s registered nursing degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Webster University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region list. Webster University is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 80 masters’s registered nursing degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Minnesota State University - Moorhead landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Minnesota State University - Moorhead is a small school located in Moorhead, Minnesota that handed out 14 masters’s registered nursing degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Metropolitan State University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Metropolitan State University is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 30 masters’s registered nursing degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Southwest Baptist University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region list. Southwest Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bolivar, Missouri. It awarded 3 masters’s registered nursing degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #14, Rasmussen University - North Dakota did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region list. Rasmussen University - North Dakota is located in Fargo, North Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s registered nursing degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of North Dakota landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of North Dakota is a fairly large school located in Grand Forks, North Dakota that handed out 76 masters’s registered nursing degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #16. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 67 masters’s registered nursing degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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South Dakota State University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 45 masters’s registered nursing degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Southeast Missouri State University landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Southeast Missouri State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It awarded 15 masters’s registered nursing degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Rasmussen University - Minnesota came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This small school is located in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and it awarded 4 masters’s registered nursing degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Registered Nursing at Rasmussen University - Minnesota
University of Missouri - St Louis did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #21. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s registered nursing degrees to 191 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school awarded 27 diplomas to qualified masters’s registered nursing students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Missouri State University - Springfield ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s registered nursing students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #24, Washburn University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region list. Washburn University is a public institution located in Topeka, Kansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 152 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Lindenwood University landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Lindenwood University is a medium-sized school located in Saint Charles, Missouri that handed out 0 masters’s registered nursing degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Minnesota - Duluth ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region list. UMN Duluth is located in Duluth, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 masters’s registered nursing degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Rasmussen University - Kansas came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Rasmussen University - Kansas is a small private for-profit school situated in Topeka, Kansas. It awarded 202 masters’s registered nursing degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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North Dakota State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #24. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 204 diplomas to qualified masters’s registered nursing students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Saint Cloud State University ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, this fairly large public school awarded 88 diplomas to qualified masters’s registered nursing students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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The College of Saint Scholastica came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region ranking. The College of Saint Scholastica is located in Duluth, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 279 masters’s registered nursing degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Culver - Stockton College landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Canton, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s registered nursing students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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