2022 Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 7,550 people earned their degree in nursing practice, making the major the 125th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 489 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 55 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in nursing practice. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent nursing practice 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 practice program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice in the New England Region

#1

Central Connecticut State University

New Britain, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$26,072 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Connecticut State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. Located in New Britain, Connecticut, this fairly large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s nursing practice students in 2019-2020.

CCSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Nursing Practice Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Central Connecticut State University are $26,072.

Read full report on Nursing Practice at CCSU

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school handed out 44 degrees to qualified masters’s nursing practice students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree nursing practice students list, UCONN has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Nursing Practice Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576.

Full University of Connecticut Nursing Practice Report

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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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