2022 Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate

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 Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 maternal/child health and neonatal nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree maternal/child health and neonatal nursing students.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing

#1

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska

#3 in overall quality

$18,528 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Creighton University landed the #1 spot on the list. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s maternal/child health and neonatal nursing degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Creighton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Creighton University are $18,528, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#1

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#4 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s maternal/child health and neonatal nursing degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree maternal/child health and neonatal nursing students list, South Dakota State has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State University are $16,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing at South Dakota State

#2

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$49,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nursing Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 7 doctorate’s maternal/child health and neonatal nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M also made our “Best Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing Report

#3

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 Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #3 spot on the list. Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s maternal/child health and neonatal nursing degrees to qualified students.

Duke also made our “Best Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Duke are $59,140.

Read more about Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing at Duke

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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