2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Adult Health Nurse/Nursing

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 1,952 people earned their degree in adult health nurse/nursing, making the major the 308th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 187 adult health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in adult health nurse/nursing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great adult health nurse/nursing programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the adult health nurse/nursing program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Adult Health Nurse/Nursing

#1

Worcester State University

Worcester, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$19,492 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school handed out 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s adult health nursing students in 2019-2020.

Worcester State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Worcester State University is $19,492 for Bachelor’s Degree Adult Health Nursing students.

Read full report on Adult Health Nurse/Nursing at Worcester State University

#2

Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$22,306 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma City University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Oklahoma City University is a small school located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that handed out 135 bachelors’s adult health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

OCU also made our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $22,306 for Bachelor’s Degree Adult Health Nursing students per year to attend Oklahoma City University.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Oklahoma City University Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Report

#3

Methodist University

Fayetteville, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$32,906 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Methodist University landed the #3 spot on the list. Methodist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Methodist did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Methodist is $32,906 for Bachelor’s Degree Adult Health Nursing students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Adult Health Nurse/Nursing at Methodist

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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