2026 Best Value Nursing Practice Schools in Oregon
[Nursing Practice](/majors/health-care-professions/nursing/nursing-practice/) programs reward a close look at where your money goes furthest. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools to find the best return on investment for nursing practice students.
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2026 Best Value Nursing Practice Schools in Oregon
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in nursing practice, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Nursing Practice Schools
University Of Portland tops our 2026 list of the best value nursing practice schools in Oregon. University Of Portland is a mid-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Portland. Students from in state pay about $58,100 in tuition and fees. Typical student debt for nursing practice graduates is $28,750. Nursing Practice graduates of University Of Portland earn a median of $54,739 early in their careers. Set against $28,750 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff. The acceptance rate is 89%.
Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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).
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