by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Critical Care Nursing Major in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Plains States region, there were 182 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 $55,401 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Critical Care Nursing Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in critical care nursing. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their critical care nursing program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Critical Care Nursing Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Allen College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Critical Care Nursing Major in the Plains States Region list. Allen College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Waterloo, Iowa. It awarded 10 masters’s critical care nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Critical Care Nursing Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 106 masters’s critical care nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Critical Care Nursing at Maryville University of Saint Louis
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Winona State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Critical Care Nursing Major in the Plains States Region. Winona State is a medium-sized school located in Winona, Minnesota that handed out 6 masters’s critical care nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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