2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 172 people earned their degree in maternal/child health and neonatal nurse/nursing, making the major the 792nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 24 maternal/child health and neonatal nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 maternal/child health and neonatal nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in maternal/child health and neonatal nurse/nursing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great maternal/child health and neonatal 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 maternal/child health and neonatal 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 Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree maternal/child health and neonatal nursing students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Durham, North Carolina, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s maternal/child health and neonatal nursing students in 2019-2020.

Duke did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke are $59,140, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing at Duke

#2

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Vanderbilt University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt also took the #2 spot in our “Best Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt University are $50,624.

Full Vanderbilt University Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing Report

#3

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

$44,676 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 3 masters’s maternal/child health and neonatal nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Emory also made our “Best Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emory are $44,676, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Emory Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing (Income $30-$48k)

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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