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2022 Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri

4 Ranked Colleges
143 Degrees Awarded
$21,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri

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 Nursing Practice Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Nursing Practice is the 125th most popular major in the country with 7,550 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Missouri, there were 239 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 143 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,755 and $111,628 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in nursing practice. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality nursing practice programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the nursing practice program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The nursing practice school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri”.

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Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice in Missouri

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri State University - Springfield. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri. Missouri State is a large public school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 17 doctorate’s nursing practice degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Missouri State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Nursing Practice Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri State University - Springfield are $12,042, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri. UMKC is a fairly large school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 53 doctorate’s nursing practice degrees in 2019-2020.

UMKC also made our “Best Nursing Practice Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Missouri - Kansas City are $26,699, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Maryville University of Saint Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the #3 spot on the list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s nursing practice degrees to 38 students in 2019-2020.

Maryville U also made our “Best Nursing Practice Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Maryville U are $15,696, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

University of Missouri - St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - St Louis. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri. University of Missouri - St Louis is a public institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 29 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMSL also took the #4 spot in our “Best Nursing Practice Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Missouri - St Louis are $30,154, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #5 spot on the list. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 6 doctorate’s nursing practice degrees in 2019-2020.

SLU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Nursing Practice Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Louis University are $22,074, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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