2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing in California

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California” 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 California, there were 114 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 7 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California.

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

#1

Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$27,376 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science landed the #1 spot on the list. CDU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CDU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science are $27,376, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing at Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science

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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%.

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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