2022 Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 171 family practice nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 family practice nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,140 and $97,138 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in family practice nurse/nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality family practice nurse/nursing programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the family practice nurse/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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Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family Practice Nurse/Nursing in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions

Provo, Utah

#3 in overall quality

$14,867 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions landed the #1 spot on the list. Provo, Utah is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out doctorate’s family practice nursing degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region doctor’s degree family practice nursing students list, RMUoHP has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions are $14,867, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Family Practice Nurse/Nursing at RMUoHP

#2

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana

#1 in overall quality

$21,446 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Bozeman, Montana, this fairly large public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified doctorate’s family practice nursing students in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman also made our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Montana State University are $21,446.

Full MSU Bozeman Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Report

#3

University of Northern Colorado

Greeley, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$21,708 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Colorado landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large school located in Greeley, Colorado that handed out 10 doctorate’s family practice nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region doctor’s degree family practice nursing students list, University of Northern Colorado has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Colorado are $21,708, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Northern Colorado Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family Practice Nurse/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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