2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice in Massachusetts

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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major in Massachusetts” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 7,992 people earned their degree in nursing practice, making the major the 105th most popular in the United States.

Across Massachusetts, there were 350 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,084 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major in Massachusetts” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in nursing practice. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their nursing practice program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major in Massachusetts

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts master’s degree nursing practice students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice in Massachusetts

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Fitchburg State University
Fitchburg, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fitchburg State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major in Massachusetts list. Fitchburg State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. It awarded 7 masters’s nursing practice degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.

Read more about Nursing Practice at Fitchburg State University

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University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth
North Dartmouth, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major in Massachusetts list. This medium-sized school is located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and it awarded 11 masters’s nursing practice degrees in 2020-2021.

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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