2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Southwest Region

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 “Best Value Clinical Nurse Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 clinical nurse specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Clinical Nurse Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Clinical Nurse Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree clinical nurse specialist students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Southwest Region

#1

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,886 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Nurse Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 17 degrees to qualified masters’s clinical nurse specialist students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree clinical nurse specialist students list, UT Austin has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Clinical Nurse Specialist Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$22,122 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Clinical Nurse Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s clinical nurse specialist degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree clinical nurse specialist students list, UOHSC has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Clinical Nurse Specialist Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UOHSC are $22,122.

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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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