2022 Best Value Nursing Administration Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama

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 Nursing Administration Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Nursing Administration is the 87th most popular major in the country with 8,073 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Alabama, there were 64 nursing administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 62 nursing administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,644 and $113,063 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nursing Administration Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in nursing administration. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent nursing administration programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the nursing administration program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Nursing Administration Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Administration in Alabama

#1

Samford University

Birmingham, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$21,227 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Samford University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Nursing Administration Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama. Samford is a private not-for-profit institution located in Birmingham, Alabama. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 47 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Samford also took the #1 spot in our “Best Nursing Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Samford University are $21,227, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Nursing Administration at Samford

#2

Troy University

Troy, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$16,156 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Troy University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Nursing Administration Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama. Troy University is a public institution located in Troy, Alabama. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

TROY also made our “Best Nursing Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at TROY are $16,156, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Nursing Administration at Troy University

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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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