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2022 Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

9 Ranked Colleges
367 Degrees Awarded
$25,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Adult Health Nurse/Nursing is the 308th most popular major in the country with 1,952 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 497 adult health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 367 adult health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in adult health nurse/nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality adult health nurse/nursing programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the adult health nurse/nursing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree adult health nursing students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 71 masters’s adult health nursing degrees to qualified students.

Duke also made our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Duke University are $59,140.

Read full report on Adult Health Nurse/Nursing at Duke

#2

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #2 spot on the list. Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 24 masters’s adult health nursing degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree adult health nursing students whose families make $48-$75k list, Vanderbilt has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt are $50,624, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Vanderbilt Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida International University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Miami, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s adult health nursing degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.

FIU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at FIU are $24,211, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Florida International University Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Report

#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middle Georgia State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Middle Georgia State University is located in Macon, Georgia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 masters’s adult health nursing degrees to qualified students.

Middle Georgia State University also made our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #8. Average graduate tuition and fees at Middle Georgia State University are $13,788, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Middle Georgia State University Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Report

#5

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, Virginia
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend James Madison University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. JMU is a large school located in Harrisonburg, Virginia that handed out 26 masters’s adult health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

JMU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at James Madison University are $29,544, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Adult Health Nurse/Nursing at James Madison University

#6

Mercer University

Macon, Georgia
#7 in overall quality

Mercer University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Mercer is a medium-sized school located in Macon, Georgia that handed out 16 masters’s adult health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Mercer did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mercer are $15,264, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Adult Health Nurse/Nursing at Mercer

#7

Southern Adventist University

Collegedale, Tennessee

With a ranking of #7, Southern Adventist University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Southern Adventist University is a small school located in Collegedale, Tennessee that handed out 3 masters’s adult health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Adventist did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Adventist University are $11,700.

Read more about Adult Health Nurse/Nursing at Southern Adventist

#8

The University of Tampa

Tampa, Florida
#6 in overall quality

The University of Tampa landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Tampa, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s adult health nursing degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree adult health nursing students whose families make $48-$75k list, UT has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT are $11,870, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UT Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Report

#9 in overall quality

South University’s online programs came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Located in Savannah, Georgia, this medium-sized private for-profit school awarded 95 diplomas to qualified masters’s adult health nursing students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree adult health nursing students whose families make $48-$75k list, South University’s online programs has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South University’s online programs are $14,520, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Adult Health Nurse/Nursing at South University’s online programs

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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

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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