by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Nursing Practice is the 105th most popular major in the country with 7,992 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,712 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 0 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in nursing practice. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in nursing practice.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree nursing practice students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Akron Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major in the Great Lakes Region. University of Akron Main Campus is a public institution located in Akron, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Akron Main Campus Nursing Practice Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oakland University landed the #1 spot on the list. Oakland University is a fairly large public school situated in Rochester Hills, Michigan. It awarded 6 masters’s nursing practice degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ball State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major in the Great Lakes Region. Ball State University is a large school located in Muncie, Indiana that handed out 0 masters’s nursing practice degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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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