by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Clinical Nurse Leader Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Clinical Nurse Leader is the 617th most popular major in the country with 444 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 106 clinical nurse leader graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 101 clinical nurse leader graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Clinical Nurse Leader Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in clinical nurse leader. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their clinical nurse leader program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Clinical Nurse Leader Major in the Plains States Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree clinical nurse leader students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Clinical Nurse Leader Major in the Plains States Region list. Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fayette, Missouri. It awarded 13 masters’s clinical nurse leader degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Clinical Nurse Leader Major in the Plains States Region list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s clinical nurse leader degrees to 82 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Clinical Nurse Leader Major in the Plains States Region. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s clinical nurse leader degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Clinical Nurse Leader Major in the Plains States Region. University of Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s clinical nurse leader degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morningside College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Clinical Nurse Leader Major in the Plains States Region. Sioux City, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s clinical nurse leader degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Creighton University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Clinical Nurse Leader Major in the Plains States Region. Creighton is a medium-sized school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 0 masters’s clinical nurse leader degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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