by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Clinical Nurse Leader Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 444 people earned their degree in clinical nurse leader, making the major the 617th most popular in the United States.
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.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Clinical Nurse Leader Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in clinical nurse leader. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular clinical nurse leader programs in the United States.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Clinical Nurse Leader Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree clinical nurse leader students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Clinical Nurse Leader Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the #1 spot on the list. Capella University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 82 masters’s clinical nurse leader degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Clinical Nurse Leader Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies landed the #2 spot on the list. CMU CGES 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 University of Iowa. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Clinical Nurse Leader Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. University of Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 4 masters’s clinical nurse leader degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Clinical Nurse Leader Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s. 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Creighton University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Clinical Nurse Leader Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s clinical nurse leader students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morningside College. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Clinical Nurse Leader Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s. Morningside is located in Sioux City, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s clinical nurse leader degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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