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2022 Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

9 Ranked Colleges
367 Degrees Awarded
$27,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master's in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer 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.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree adult health nursing students.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult Health Nurse/Nursing in the Southeast Region

#1

The University of Tampa

Tampa, Florida
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tampa. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. 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.

UT also made our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT are $11,870, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Adult Health Nurse/Nursing at UT

#2

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Medical University of South Carolina. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. MUSC is located in Charleston, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 56 masters’s adult health nursing degrees to qualified students.

MUSC also made our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Medical University of South Carolina are $25,673.

Full MUSC 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 list. Located in Miami, Florida, this large public school awarded 29 degrees to qualified masters’s adult health nursing students in 2019-2020.

FIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #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.

Read more about Adult Health Nurse/Nursing at FIU

#4

Mercer University

Macon, Georgia
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mercer University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Macon, Georgia, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 16 degrees to qualified masters’s adult health nursing students in 2019-2020.

Mercer also took the #7 spot in our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mercer University are $15,264, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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

#8 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Middle Georgia State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Macon, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s adult health nursing degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree adult health nursing students list, Middle Georgia State University has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Middle Georgia State University are $13,788, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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

#6

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, Virginia
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, James Madison University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and it awarded 26 masters’s adult health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at JMU, the school also landed 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 full report on Adult Health Nurse/Nursing at JMU

#9 in overall quality

South University’s online programs came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Savannah, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s adult health nursing degrees to 95 students in 2019-2020.

South University’s online programs not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at South University’s online programs are $14,520, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Adult Health Nurse/Nursing at South University’s online programs

#8

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee
#2 in overall quality

Vanderbilt University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s adult health nursing degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt also made our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt University are $50,624, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Adult Health Nurse/Nursing at Vanderbilt

#9

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

Duke University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Adult Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. Duke is a fairly large school located in Durham, North Carolina that handed out 71 masters’s adult health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Duke, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke University are $59,140, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Adult Health Nurse/Nursing at Duke 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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