by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Practice Nursing Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing is the 52nd most popular major in the country with 16,104 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 1,089 family practice nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 862 family practice nurse/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 Family Practice Nursing Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 18 colleges that offer a degree in family practice nurse/nursing. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their family practice nurse/nursing program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The family practice 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 Family Practice Nursing Major in the Plains States Region”.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Practice Nursing Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Graceland University - Lamoni. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Practice Nursing Major in the Plains States Region list. Graceland Lamoni is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lamoni, Iowa. It awarded 157 masters’s family practice nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clarkson College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Practice Nursing Major in the Plains States Region. Clarkson College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Omaha, Nebraska. It awarded 62 masters’s family practice nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Practice Nursing Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the #3 spot on the list. Maryville U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 397 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.
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Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Practice Nursing Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Allen College landed the #4 spot on the list. Allen College is located in Waterloo, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 33 masters’s family practice nursing degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cox College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Practice Nursing Major in the Plains States Region list. Cox College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 32 masters’s family practice 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Briar Cliff University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Practice Nursing Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Briar Cliff is a small school located in Sioux City, Iowa that handed out 25 masters’s family practice nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
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Mount Marty University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Practice Nursing Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Yankton, South Dakota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 16 degrees to qualified masters’s family practice nursing students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Morningside College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Practice Nursing Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Sioux City, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s family practice nursing degrees to 35 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #9, Presentation College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Practice Nursing Major in the Plains States Region list. Presentation College is a small school located in Aberdeen, South Dakota that handed out 9 masters’s family practice nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #10, Rockhurst University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Practice Nursing Major in the Plains States Region list. Rockhurst is a small school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 45 masters’s family practice nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Saint Mary did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Practice Nursing Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #11. This small school is located in Leavenworth, Kansas, and it awarded 14 masters’s family practice nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of Central Missouri landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Practice Nursing Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Warrensburg, Missouri, and it awarded 37 masters’s family practice nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
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The College of Saint Scholastica did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Practice Nursing Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #13. Located in Duluth, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s family practice nursing students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
Winona State University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Practice Nursing Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Winona, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s family practice nursing degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of Mary landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Practice Nursing Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Mary is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bismarck, North Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Missouri Valley College ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Practice Nursing Major in the Plains States Region list. Missouri Valley College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Marshall, Missouri. It awarded 0 masters’s family practice nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #13, Creighton University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Practice Nursing Major in the Plains States Region list. Creighton is a private not-for-profit institution located in Omaha, Nebraska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 42 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of Iowa ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Practice Nursing Major in the Plains States Region list. Iowa is a large public school situated in Iowa City, Iowa. It awarded 8 masters’s family practice nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
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