by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Critical Care Nursing Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 773 people earned their degree in critical care nursing, making the major the 529th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 140 critical care nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 122 critical care nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Critical Care Nursing Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in critical care nursing. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in critical care nursing.
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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Critical Care Nursing Major in the Southeast Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree critical care nursing students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Critical Care Nursing Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Barry University landed the #1 spot on the list. Barry University is a medium-sized school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 34 masters’s critical care nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Critical Care Nursing Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Adventist University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Collegedale, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s critical care nursing students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Critical Care Nursing at Southern Adventist
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Critical Care Nursing Major in the Southeast Region list. Vanderbilt University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 38 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Critical Care Nursing Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #4 spot on the list. University of South Carolina - Columbia is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 42 masters’s critical care nursing degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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