2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Critical Care Nursing (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” 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.

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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in critical care nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality critical care nursing 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 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree critical care nursing students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Critical Care Nursing (With Aid)

#1

Winona State University

Winona, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$12,378 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Winona State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid. Winona State is a medium-sized school located in Winona, Minnesota that handed out 8 doctorate’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 Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. 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

#2

Maryville University of Saint Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#3 in overall quality

$15,696 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Maryville University of Saint Louis. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s critical care nursing students in 2019-2020.

Maryville U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Critical Care Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Maryville U are $15,696.

Read full report on Critical Care Nursing at Maryville U

#3

New York University

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$36,892 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid. New York University is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s critical care nursing degrees to qualified students.

NYU also made our “Best Critical Care Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NYU are $36,892.

Read more about Critical Care Nursing at NYU

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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