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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing in the Middle Atlantic Region

5 Ranked Colleges
16 Degrees Awarded
$27,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region

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 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region” 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 355 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 16 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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 Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Hunter College

New York, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hunter College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Hunter is a public institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hunter, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hunter are $20,828, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. University at Buffalo is a large school located in Buffalo, New York that handed out 1 doctorate’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University at Buffalo, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stony Brook University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region. SUNY Stony Brook is a public institution located in Stony Brook, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region doctor’s degree psychiatric/mental health nursing students list, SUNY Stony Brook has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SUNY Stony Brook are $25,583.

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#4

Robert Morris University

Moon Township, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Robert Morris University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Moon Township, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

RMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.

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#5

New York University

New York, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s psychiatric/mental health nursing students in 2019-2020.

NYU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NYU are $36,892, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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%.

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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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