2023 Most Well Attended Nursing Practice Major in Georgia for a Master’s

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Nursing Practice Major in Georgia for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Nursing Practice is the 105th most popular major in the country with 7,992 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Georgia, there were 276 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 41 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,186 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Nursing Practice Major in Georgia for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in nursing practice. To top this list, a school must have a successful nursing practice program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Nursing Practice Major in Georgia for a Master’s

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

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice in Georgia

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Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

#2 overall quality in Georgia

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Nursing Practice Major in Georgia for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 25 masters’s nursing practice degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Nursing Practice at Emory

2

South University's online programs
Savannah, Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South University’s online programs. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Nursing Practice Major in Georgia for a Master’s. This medium-sized school is located in Savannah, Georgia, and it awarded 16 masters’s nursing practice degrees in 2020-2021.

Full South University’s online programs 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

• *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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