2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice in the New England Region

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

Across the New England region, there were 456 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 70 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Nursing Practice Major in the New England Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in nursing practice. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular nursing practice programs in the United States.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Nursing Practice Major in the New England Region for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Nursing Practice Major in the New England Region for a Master’s”.

Top 5 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice in the New England Region

1

University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

Top 15% overall quality in New England

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Nursing Practice Major in the New England Region for a Master’s. University of Connecticut is a public institution located in Storrs, Connecticut. The school has a large population, and it awarded 57 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Connecticut Nursing Practice Report

2

Fitchburg State University
Fitchburg, Massachusetts

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Nursing Practice Major in the New England Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Fitchburg State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Fitchburg State University is located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s nursing practice degrees to qualified students.

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 full report on Nursing Practice at Fitchburg State University

3

Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, Connecticut

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Nursing Practice Major in the New England Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Connecticut State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in New Britain, Connecticut, this medium-sized public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s nursing practice students in 2020-2021.

Full Central Connecticut State University Nursing Practice Report

4

University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth
North Dartmouth, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Nursing Practice Major in the New England Region for a Master’s list. UMass Dartmouth is a public institution located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth Nursing Practice Report

4

Franklin Pierce University
Rindge, New Hampshire

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Franklin Pierce University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Nursing Practice Major in the New England Region for a Master’s. Franklin Pierce is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Rindge, New Hampshire. It awarded 0 masters’s nursing practice degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Franklin Pierce University Nursing Practice Report

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice

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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