2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa

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 Iowa” 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 Iowa, there were 21 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 8 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,469 and $117,729 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Doctorate in Iowa”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing in Iowa

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Iowa is a public institution located in Iowa City, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing at Iowa

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