2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking - to help you make that 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 the Far Western US region, there were 136 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 78 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree psychiatric/mental health nursing students.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing in the Far Western US Region

#1

Brandman University

Irvine, California

#2 in overall quality

$12,540 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brandman University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region list. This fairly large school is located in Irvine, California, and it awarded 75 doctorate’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Brandman, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brandman are $12,540, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#1

Seattle University

Seattle, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$14,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Seattle University landed the #1 spot on the list. Seattle University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 1 doctorate’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Seattle U also took the #2 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Seattle University are $14,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, California

#1 in overall quality

$30,640 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Loma Linda University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region. This small school is located in Loma Linda, California, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Loma Linda University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Loma Linda University are $30,640.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing

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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