2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing in the New England Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 the New England region, there were 85 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 37 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing programs and cost less that 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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Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree psychiatric/mental health nursing students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#3 in overall quality

$22,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Southern Maine, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Maine are $22,308, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Husson University

Bangor, Maine

$17,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Husson University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Bangor, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing students in 2019-2020.

Husson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Husson are $17,100, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Fairfield University

Fairfield, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$19,267 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fairfield University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Fairfield, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Fairfield U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Fairfield University are $19,267.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing (With Aid)

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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