2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Science in New York

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Nursing Science is the 162nd most popular major in the country with 4,600 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across New York, there were 90 nursing science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 56 nursing science graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,893 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in New York” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in nursing science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their nursing science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in New York

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york master’s degree nursing science students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Science in New York

1

Wagner College
Staten Island, New York

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Wagner College landed the #1 spot on the list. Wagner College is a small school located in Staten Island, New York that handed out 56 masters’s nursing science degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.

Full Wagner College Nursing Science Report

2

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York

#20 overall quality in New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in New York list. University at Buffalo is a public institution located in Buffalo, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University at Buffalo Nursing Science Report

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Science in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Science

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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