2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s in Tennessee” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Tennessee, there were 94 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 64 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. 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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Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing in Tennessee

#1

Southern Adventist University

Collegedale, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$11,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Adventist University landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Adventist is located in Collegedale, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southern Adventist, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Adventist are $11,700.

Read more about Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing at Southern Adventist University

#2

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee list. Vanderbilt University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 50 masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt also made our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt University are $50,624, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing at Vanderbilt University

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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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