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2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

8 Ranked Colleges
151 Degrees Awarded
$21,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing is the 527th most popular major in the country with 1,812 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 404 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 151 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #1 spot on the list. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees to 50 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree psychiatric/mental health nursing students whose families make $0-$30k list, Vanderbilt has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt University are $50,624, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the #2 spot on the list. Miami, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

FIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida International University are $24,211, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full FIU Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Report

#3

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 17 masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

UofSC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

Anderson University South Carolina

Anderson, South Carolina
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Anderson University South Carolina. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Anderson, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 11 degrees to qualified masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Anderson University South Carolina, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Anderson University South Carolina are $11,178, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

West Virginia Wesleyan College

Buckhannon, West Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia Wesleyan College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. West Virginia Wesleyan College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Buckhannon, West Virginia. It awarded 1 masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

West Virginia Wesleyan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at West Virginia Wesleyan are $12,982, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6

Southern Adventist University

Collegedale, Tennessee
#7 in overall quality

Southern Adventist University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Southern Adventist University is located in Collegedale, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees to qualified students.

Southern Adventist also made our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Adventist are $11,700, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7

Jacksonville University

Jacksonville, Florida
#5 in overall quality

Jacksonville University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Jacksonville University is a small school located in Jacksonville, Florida that handed out 7 masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

JU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at JU are $14,742, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#8

Union University

Jackson, Tennessee
#6 in overall quality

Union University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #8. Jackson, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Union also took the #6 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Union University are $10,671.

Full Union University Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Report

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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

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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