2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Clinical Nurse Specialist (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Clinical Nurse Specialist Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 384 people earned their degree in clinical nurse specialist, making the major the 626th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 48 clinical nurse specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 clinical nurse specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality clinical nurse specialist programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the clinical nurse specialist program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Clinical Nurse Specialist Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Clinical Nurse Specialist Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Clinical Nurse Specialist (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$32,268 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Clinical Nurse Specialist Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Christian University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s clinical nurse specialist students in 2019-2020.

TCU also made our “Best Clinical Nurse Specialist Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Christian University are $32,268.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Clinical Nurse Specialist (Income $48-$75k)

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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