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2022 Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California

6 Ranked Colleges
628 Degrees Awarded
$30,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Master's in California

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 California, there were 714 family practice nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 628 family practice nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in family practice nurse/nursing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great family practice nurse/nursing programs and cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California

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

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family Practice Nurse/Nursing in California

#1

United States University

San Diego, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend United States University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California list. United States University is a small private for-profit school situated in San Diego, California. It awarded 256 masters’s family practice nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USU are $5,850, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Phoenix - California

Costa Mesa, California
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - California landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Phoenix - California is a private for-profit institution located in Costa Mesa, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 51 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UOPX - California, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Phoenix - California are $16,752.

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#3

University of San Diego

San Diego, California
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Diego landed the #3 spot on the list. San Diego, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s family practice nursing degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

USD also made our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of San Diego are $28,410, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California list. Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 110 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CDU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CDU are $27,376, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Samuel Merritt University

Oakland, California
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Samuel Merritt University landed the #5 spot on the list. Samuel Merritt University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Oakland, California. It awarded 87 masters’s family practice nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Samuel Merritt University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Samuel Merritt University are $53,468, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#2 in overall quality

University of Southern California landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Family Practice Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California ranking. University of Southern California is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 108 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715.

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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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