2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,812 people earned their degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing, making the major the 527th most popular in the United States.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 61 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 39 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The psychiatric/mental health nursing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $30-$48k) in Pennsylvania

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$41,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the #1 spot on the list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UPenn, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pennsylvania are $41,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UPenn Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Report

#2

DeSales University

Center Valley, Pennsylvania

$20,520 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DeSales University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k list. DeSales University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Center Valley, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

DeSales also took the #0 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at DeSales University are $20,520, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $30-$48k)

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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