2023 Most Well Attended Nursing Science Major in the Southwest Region 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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Nursing Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 71 nursing science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 nursing science graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Nursing Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in nursing science. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in nursing science.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Nursing Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s

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

Top 3 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Science in the Southwest Region

1

Oklahoma Wesleyan University
Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Nursing Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma Wesleyan University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and it awarded 15 masters’s nursing science degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Nursing Science at OKWU or OWU

2

Tarleton State University
Stephenville, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarleton State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Nursing Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in Stephenville, Texas, and it awarded 2 masters’s nursing science degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Tarleton Nursing Science Report

3

University of St. Thomas
Houston, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St. Thomas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Nursing Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s nursing science degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Nursing Science at University of St. Thomas

• Most Popular 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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