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2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

8 Ranked Colleges
151 Degrees Awarded
$22,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master's in the Southeast Region

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 the Southeast Region” 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 the Southeast region, there were 404 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 151 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 8 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

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

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing in the Southeast Region

#1

Southern Adventist University

Collegedale, Tennessee
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Adventist University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Collegedale, Tennessee, and it awarded 8 masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southern Adventist, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Adventist are $11,700, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Union University

Jackson, Tennessee
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Union University landed the #2 spot on the list. Union is located in Jackson, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees to qualified students.

Union did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Union University are $10,671, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Union Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Report

#3

Anderson University South Carolina

Anderson, South Carolina
#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Anderson University South Carolina. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Anderson University South Carolina is a small school located in Anderson, South Carolina that handed out 11 masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree psychiatric/mental health nursing students list, Anderson University South Carolina has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Anderson University South Carolina are $11,178.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Frontier Nursing University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Frontier Nursing University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hyden, Kentucky. The school has a small population, and it awarded 24 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Frontier Nursing University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Frontier Nursing University are $20,292, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Jacksonville University

Jacksonville, Florida
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jacksonville University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. JU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Jacksonville, Florida. It awarded 7 masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at JU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at JU are $14,742, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3 in overall quality

Florida International University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. FIU is located in Miami, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees to qualified students.

FIU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at FIU are $24,211, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
#2 in overall quality

University of South Carolina - Columbia came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 17 masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

UofSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160.

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#8

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee
#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Vanderbilt University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees to 50 students in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt also made our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt are $50,624, 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%.

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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