2022 Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,588 people earned their degree in public health/community nurse/nursing, making the major the 421st most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,155 public health/community nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in public health/community nurse/nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public health/community 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 public health/community 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree public health/community nursing students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing

#1

Bluefield College

Bluefield, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$23,158 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bluefield College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Bluefield College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bluefield, Virginia. It awarded 29 bachelors’s public health/community nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bluefield College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bluefield College is $23,158 for Bachelor’s Degree Public Health/Community Nursing students.

Read more about Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing at Bluefield College

#2

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$46,949 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Miami. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s list. U Miami is a private not-for-profit institution located in Coral Gables, Florida. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U Miami, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Miami is $46,949 for bachelor’s degree public health/community nursing students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing at University of Miami

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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