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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Nursing Science Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking.
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.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Nursing Science Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in nursing science. To top this list, a school must have a successful nursing science program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree nursing science students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Nursing Science Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Hays State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Hays, Kansas, and it awarded 22 masters’s nursing science degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Nursing Science Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s. 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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Nursing Science Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 11 masters’s nursing science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, 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 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pittsburg State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Nursing Science Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. Located in Pittsburg, Kansas, this medium-sized public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s nursing science students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wichita State University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Nursing Science Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s. Wichita State University is a public institution located in Wichita, Kansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ottawa University - Kansas City. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Nursing Science Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. Ottawa University - Kansas City is a small school located in Overland Park, Kansas that handed out 2 masters’s nursing science degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Metropolitan State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Nursing Science Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s ranking. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nursing science degrees to 14 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%.
University of Iowa came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Nursing Science Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s ranking. Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 4 masters’s nursing science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, 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 88%.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Nursing Science Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s ranking. UMN Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s nursing science degrees to qualified students.
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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
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