2022 Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 583 people earned their degree in critical care nursing, making the major the 565th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 critical care nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in critical care nursing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent critical care nursing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the critical care nursing 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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Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree critical care nursing students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Critical Care Nursing (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Winona State University

Winona, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$12,378 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Winona State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k list. This medium-sized school is located in Winona, Minnesota, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s critical care nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Winona State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Critical Care Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Winona State are $12,378, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Critical Care Nursing at Winona State University

#2

New York University

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$36,892 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s critical care nursing students in 2019-2020.

NYU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Critical Care Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NYU are $36,892, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Critical Care Nursing at NYU

#3

Maryville University of Saint Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#3 in overall quality

$15,696 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Maryville University of Saint Louis. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k list. Maryville University of Saint Louis is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s critical care nursing degrees to qualified students.

Maryville U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Critical Care Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Maryville U are $15,696, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Critical Care Nursing at Maryville University of Saint Louis

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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