2022 Best Value Geriatric Nursing Schools for a Doctorate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Geriatric Nursing Schools for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Geriatric Nurse/Nursing is the 618th most popular major in the country with 665 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 geriatric nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Geriatric Nursing Schools for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in geriatric nurse/nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality geriatric nurse/nursing programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the geriatric 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Geriatric Nursing Schools for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Geriatric Nursing Schools for a Doctorate

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

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Geriatric Nurse/Nursing

#1

Seattle University

Seattle, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$14,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Geriatric Nursing Schools for a Doctorate list. This medium-sized school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s geriatric nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Seattle U also made our “Best Geriatric Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Seattle University are $14,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Seattle U Geriatric Nurse/Nursing Report

#2

Maryville University of Saint Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#3 in overall quality

$15,696 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Maryville University of Saint Louis. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Geriatric Nursing Schools for a Doctorate. Maryville U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 1 doctorate’s geriatric nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Maryville U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Geriatric Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Maryville U are $15,696, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Geriatric Nurse/Nursing at Maryville University of Saint Louis

#3

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$49,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Geriatric Nursing Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #3 spot on the list. U-M is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 10 doctorate’s geriatric nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M also took the #1 spot in our “Best Geriatric Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548.

Read more about Geriatric Nurse/Nursing at U-M

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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