2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Critical Care Nursing in Iowa

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Iowa” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across Iowa, there were 1 critical care nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 critical care nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Iowa” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Iowa

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa master’s degree critical care nursing students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Critical Care Nursing in Iowa

#1

Allen College

Waterloo, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$18,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Critical Care Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Allen College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Waterloo, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s critical care nursing students in 2019-2020.

Allen College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Critical Care Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Allen College are $18,700, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Allen College Critical Care Nursing Report

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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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