2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Nursing Major in the Plains States Region
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School Nursing is the 581st most popular major in the country with 539 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Plains States region, there were 125 school nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 86 school nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Nursing Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in school nursing. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in school nursing.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Nursing Major in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Nursing Major in the Plains States Region”.
Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for School Nursing in the Plains States Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Nursing Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. Maryville U is a medium-sized school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 78 masters’s school nursing degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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%.
Read more about School Nursing at Maryville U
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Catherine University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Nursing Major in the Plains States Region. St Catherine University is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 8 masters’s school nursing degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full St Catherine University School Nursing Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on School Nursing Major in the Plains States Region. Iowa is a large public school situated in Iowa City, Iowa. It awarded 3 masters’s school nursing degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on School Nursing at Iowa
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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