2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Critical Care Nursing in the Southeast 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 Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 157 critical care nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 136 critical care nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the critical care nursing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Critical Care Nursing in the Southeast Region

#1

Barry University

Miami, Florida

#3 in overall quality

$17,910 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Barry University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. This medium-sized school is located in Miami, Florida, and it awarded 31 masters’s critical care nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Barry University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Critical Care Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Barry University are $17,910.

Full Barry University Critical Care Nursing Report

#2

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this large public school awarded 50 degrees to qualified masters’s critical care nursing students in 2019-2020.

UofSC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Critical Care Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UofSC Critical Care Nursing Report

#3

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 46 degrees to qualified masters’s critical care nursing students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Vanderbilt, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Critical Care Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt are $50,624, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Critical Care Nursing at Vanderbilt

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Critical Care Nursing

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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