2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Critical Care Nursing (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Vallue Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the critical care nursing program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The critical care nursing 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 Vallue Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

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Best Vallue Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Critical Care Nursing (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Winona State University

Winona, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$12,378 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Winona State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Winona State is a medium-sized school located in Winona, Minnesota that handed out 7 masters’s critical care nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Winona State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Critical Care Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Winona State are $12,378, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Maryville University of Saint Louis. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Maryville U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 77 masters’s critical care nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Maryville U, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Critical Care Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Maryville University of Saint Louis are $15,696, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Critical Care Nursing (Income Over $110k)

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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