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. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Nursing Science is the 162nd most popular major in the country with 4,600 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 219 nursing science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 nursing science graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,423 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in nursing science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in nursing science.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree nursing science students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Diego landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in San Diego, California, and it awarded 13 doctorate’s nursing science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, 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 University of Nevada - Las Vegas. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in the Far Western US Region. University of Nevada - Las Vegas is a large public school situated in Las Vegas, Nevada. It awarded 20 doctorate’s nursing science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Wazzu is a large public school situated in Pullman, Washington. It awarded 4 doctorate’s nursing science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Nursing Science at Washington State University
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 3 doctorate’s nursing science degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Washington - Seattle Campus Nursing Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Irvine. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in the Far Western US Region. Located in Irvine, California, this large public school handed out 46 degrees to qualified doctorate’s nursing science students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Read full report on Nursing Science at University of California - Irvine
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Hawaii at Manoa is a fairly large public school situated in Honolulu, Hawaii. It awarded 0 doctorate’s nursing science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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