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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 409 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 11 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states 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 Plains States Region

#1

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$18,528 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Creighton University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region. This medium-sized school is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Creighton 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 Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Creighton are $18,528, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#1

Winona State University

Winona, Minnesota

#3 in overall quality

$12,378 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Winona State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Winona State University is a medium-sized school located in Winona, Minnesota that handed out 1 doctorate’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Winona State also made our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Winona State are $12,378.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region. University of Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 doctorate’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees to qualified students.

Iowa also made our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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