2022 Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Critical Care Nursing is the 565th most popular major in the country with 583 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 134 critical care nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 85 critical care nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in critical care nursing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great critical care nursing programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Critical Care Nursing (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#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 Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Winona State is a medium-sized public school situated in Winona, Minnesota. It awarded 7 masters’s critical care nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Winona State also made our “Best Critical Care Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Winona State University are $12,378.

Full Winona State Critical Care Nursing Report

#2

Maryville University of Saint Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$15,696 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 77 masters’s critical care nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Maryville U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Critical Care Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Maryville University of Saint Louis are $15,696.

Read full report on Critical Care Nursing at Maryville University of Saint Louis

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Critical Care Nursing (Income $30-$48k)

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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