2022 Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in California

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Doctorate in California” 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 California, there were 16 adult health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 adult health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent adult health nurse/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 adult health nurse/nursing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in California.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult Health Nurse/Nursing in California

#1

Brandman University

Irvine, California

#1 in overall quality

$12,540 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Brandman University landed the #1 spot on the list. Brandman University is a fairly large school located in Irvine, California that handed out 6 doctorate’s adult health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Brandman, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brandman University are $12,540, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Adult Health Nurse/Nursing at Brandman University

#2

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, California

#1 in overall quality

$30,640 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loma Linda University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in California list. Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Loma Linda, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Loma Linda University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Loma Linda University are $30,640.

Read more about Adult Health Nurse/Nursing at Loma Linda University

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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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