2022 Best Value Colleges for Nurse Anesthetist (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Nurse Anesthetist Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Nurse Anesthetist is the 279th most popular major in the country with 1,883 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 278 nurse anesthetist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nurse Anesthetist Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in nurse anesthetist. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great nurse anesthetist programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the nurse anesthetist program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Nurse Anesthetist Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region nurse anesthetist students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Nurse Anesthetist (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Wesleyan University

Fort Worth, Texas

#4 in overall quality

$22,498 Average Net Price

$59,120 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Wesleyan University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nurse Anesthetist Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 127 degrees to qualified ’s nurse anesthetist students in 2019-2020.

Texas Wesleyan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Nurse Anesthetist Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $22,498 for Southwest Region Nurse Anesthetist students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas Wesleyan University.

Full Texas Wesleyan University Nurse Anesthetist Report

#2

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$21,286 Average Net Price

$52,857 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Nurse Anesthetist Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Fort Worth, Texas, and it awarded 66 ’s nurse anesthetist degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TCU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Nurse Anesthetist Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend TCU is $21,286 for Southwest Region Nurse Anesthetist students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Nurse Anesthetist at Texas Christian University

• Best Value Colleges for Nurse Anesthetist (Income $0-$30k)

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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