2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Clinical Nurse Specialist
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Clinical Nurse Specialist Schools for a Doctorate” ranking.
In 2019-2020, 384 people earned their degree in clinical nurse specialist, making the major the 626th most popular in the United States.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 clinical nurse specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Clinical Nurse Specialist Schools for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in clinical nurse specialist. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality clinical nurse specialist programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the clinical nurse specialist program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The clinical nurse specialist school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Clinical Nurse Specialist Schools for a Doctorate”.
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Best Value Clinical Nurse Specialist Schools for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Clinical Nurse Specialist Schools for a Doctorate.
Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Clinical Nurse Specialist
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loma Linda University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Nurse Specialist Schools for a Doctorate 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 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Loma Linda University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Clinical Nurse Specialist Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loma Linda University are $30,640, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Christian University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Clinical Nurse Specialist Schools for a Doctorate. Texas Christian University is a fairly large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 1 doctorate’s clinical nurse specialist degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our doctor’s degree clinical nurse specialist students list, TCU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Clinical Nurse Specialist Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at TCU are $32,268, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Clinical Nurse Specialist Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s clinical nurse specialist students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pitt, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Clinical Nurse Specialist Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus are $40,836.
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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%.
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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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