2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in the Plains States Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in the Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 224 nursing science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 63 nursing science graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 9 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in the Plains States Region”.
Top 9 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Science in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ottawa University - Kansas City. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Ottawa University - Kansas City is a private not-for-profit institution located in Overland Park, Kansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on Nursing Science at Ottawa University - Kansas City
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pittsburg State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Pittsburg State University is located in Pittsburg, Kansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s nursing science degrees to qualified students.
Full Pittsburg State University Nursing Science Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Hays State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Fort Hays State University is a public institution located in Hays, Kansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 22 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Fort Hays State University Nursing Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Minnesota State University - Mankato is a fairly large school located in Mankato, Minnesota that handed out 16 masters’s nursing science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Nursing Science at Minnesota State Mankato
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Kansas is a public institution located in Lawrence, Kansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Read full report on Nursing Science at KU
With a ranking of #6, Wichita State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in the Plains States Region list. WSU is a fairly large public school situated in Wichita, Kansas. It awarded 2 masters’s nursing science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Nursing Science at WSU
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s nursing science students 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 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Nursing Science at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
With a ranking of #7, University of Iowa did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s nursing science degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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 Science at Iowa
Metropolitan State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified masters’s nursing science students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Nursing Science at Metropolitan State University
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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
- *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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