2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for School Nursing (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 524 people earned their degree in school nursing, making the major the 591st most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 108 school nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 78 school nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in school nursing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent school nursing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the school nursing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The school 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 “Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree school nursing students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for School Nursing (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

$17,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Catherine University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s school nursing degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

St. Kate’s also made our “Best School Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Kate’s are $17,400, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about School Nursing at St. Kate’s

#2

Maryville University of Saint Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$15,696 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the #2 spot on the list. Maryville University of Saint Louis is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 69 masters’s school nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Maryville U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best School Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Maryville University of Saint Louis are $15,696, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on School Nursing at Maryville U

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for School Nursing (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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