2022 Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing is the 792nd most popular major in the country with 172 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 41 maternal/child health and neonatal nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 maternal/child health and neonatal nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in maternal/child health and neonatal nurse/nursing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent maternal/child health and neonatal nurse/nursing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the maternal/child health and neonatal nurse/nursing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. South Dakota State is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full South Dakota State University Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing Report

#2

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$18,528 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Creighton University landed the #2 spot on the list. Creighton is a private not-for-profit institution located in Omaha, Nebraska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 11 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Creighton also took the #1 spot in our “Best Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Creighton University are $18,528, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing (Income $48-$75k)

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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