2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nursing Schools for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing is the 819th most popular major in the country with 304 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 228 perioperative/operating room and surgical nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nursing Schools for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in perioperative/operating room and surgical nurse/nursing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent perioperative/operating room and surgical nurse/nursing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the perioperative/operating room and surgical nurse/nursing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nursing Schools for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nursing Schools for a Master’s.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing

#1

Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Guayama

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#2 in overall quality

$4,569 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Guayama. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nursing Schools for a Master’s. This small school is located in Guayama, , and it awarded 27 masters’s perioperative/operating room and surgical nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Guayama, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Guayama are $4,569, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing at Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Guayama

#2

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce

Ponce, <nil>

#3 in overall quality

$6,270 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nursing Schools for a Master’s. This medium-sized school is located in Ponce, , and it awarded 4 masters’s perioperative/operating room and surgical nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce are $6,270, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing Report

#3

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$41,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nursing Schools for a Master’s list. University of Pennsylvania is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 195 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UPenn, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pennsylvania are $41,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing at UPenn

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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