2022 Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Bachelor’s
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Nursing Practice is the 125th most popular major in the country with 7,550 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 793 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 17 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in nursing practice. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality nursing practice programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the nursing practice 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 Nursing Practice Schools for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree nursing practice students.
Top 17 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice
Out of the 17 schools in the Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Alfred State College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Alfred, New York, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s nursing practice degrees in 2019-2020.
Alfred State also made our “Best Nursing Practice Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Alfred State is $16,630 for Bachelor’s Degree Nursing Practice students.
Out of the 17 schools in the Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia College landed the #2 spot on the list. Columbia College is a medium-sized school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 37 bachelors’s nursing practice degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Columbia College Missouri, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Nursing Practice Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Columbia College Missouri is $26,730 for bachelor’s degree nursing practice students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ashland University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Ashland is located in Ashland, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 209 bachelors’s nursing practice degrees to qualified students.
Ashland did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Nursing Practice Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $20,111 for bachelor’s degree nursing practice students per year to attend Ashland University.
The low student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia University, Saint Paul. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Bachelor’s. Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 68 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Concordia University, Saint Paul also made our “Best Nursing Practice Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $16,245 for Bachelor’s Degree Nursing Practice students per year to attend Concordia University, Saint Paul.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ball State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Bachelor’s. Ball State is a large public school situated in Muncie, Indiana. It awarded 26 bachelors’s nursing practice degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ball State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Nursing Practice Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ball State is $15,147 for Bachelor’s Degree Nursing Practice students.
Bryant & Stratton College - Wauwatosa did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Bryant & Stratton College - Wauwatosa is a private for-profit institution located in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree nursing practice students list, Bryant & Stratton College - Wauwatosa has also earned the #13 rank in our “Best Nursing Practice Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bryant & Stratton College - Wauwatosa is $13,983 for bachelor’s degree nursing practice students.
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Bryant & Stratton College - Online did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Orchard Park, New York, this medium-sized private for-profit school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nursing practice students in 2019-2020.
Bryant & Stratton College - Online did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #14 on our “Best Nursing Practice Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Bryant & Stratton College - Online is $13,780 for Bachelor’s Degree Nursing Practice students.
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Christian Brothers University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s nursing practice degrees in 2019-2020.
Christian Brothers not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Nursing Practice Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Christian Brothers University is $11,900 for bachelor’s degree nursing practice students.
Sentara College of Health Sciences came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Sentara College of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chesapeake, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Sentara College of Health Sciences also made our “Best Nursing Practice Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #17.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #10, Eastern University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Saint Davids, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s nursing practice degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree nursing practice students list, EU has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Nursing Practice Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $22,284 for bachelor’s degree nursing practice students per year to attend Eastern University.
Brenau University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Brenau University is located in Gainesville, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 80 bachelors’s nursing practice degrees to qualified students.
Brenau also took the #9 spot in our “Best Nursing Practice Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Brenau is $21,745 for bachelor’s degree nursing practice students.
Misericordia University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #12. Misericordia University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Pennsylvania. It awarded 16 bachelors’s nursing practice degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Misericordia University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Nursing Practice Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Misericordia University is $25,510 for Bachelor’s Degree Nursing Practice students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Mount Mary University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #13. Mount Mary University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Mount Mary did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Nursing Practice Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Mount Mary is $19,775 for bachelor’s degree nursing practice students.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach ranked #14 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Virginia Beach, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s nursing practice degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #16 on our “Best Nursing Practice Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach is $14,839 for bachelor’s degree nursing practice students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%.
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Bryant & Stratton College - Parma ranked #15 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Parma, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s nursing practice degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
Bryant & Stratton College - Parma did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #15 on our “Best Nursing Practice Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bryant & Stratton College - Parma is $15,429 for Bachelor’s Degree Nursing Practice students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%.
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University of Rio Grande did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #16. Located in Rio Grande, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nursing practice students in 2019-2020.
University of Rio Grande not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #12 on our “Best Nursing Practice Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Rio Grande is $37,509 for Bachelor’s Degree Nursing Practice students.
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MGH Institute of Health Professions ranked #17 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 220 bachelors’s nursing practice degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree nursing practice students list, MGH Institute of Health Professions has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Nursing Practice Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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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%.
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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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