2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family Practice Nurse/Nursing in Connecticut

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 16,802 people earned their degree in family practice nurse/nursing, making the major the 51st most popular in the United States.

Across Connecticut, there were 88 family practice nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 family practice nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $79,570 and $105,639 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in family practice nurse/nursing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent family practice nurse/nursing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the family practice nurse/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 Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut doctor’s degree family practice nursing students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family Practice Nurse/Nursing in Connecticut

#1

Fairfield University

Fairfield, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$19,267 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fairfield University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut. This medium-sized school is located in Fairfield, Connecticut, and it awarded 17 doctorate’s family practice nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Fairfield U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Fairfield University are $19,267, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Family Practice Nurse/Nursing at Fairfield U

#2

Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$34,806 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sacred Heart University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut. Fairfield, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s family practice nursing degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Sacred Heart, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Sacred Heart are $34,806, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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