2022 Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Doctorate

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 Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing is the 421st most popular major in the country with 1,588 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 public health/community nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public health/community nurse/nursing programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public health/community nurse/nursing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The public health/community 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 Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Doctorate”.

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Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Doctorate

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

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

#1

Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health

Omaha, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$12,438 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Doctorate list. Nebraska Methodist College is located in Omaha, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s public health/community nursing degrees to qualified students.

Nebraska Methodist College also made our “Best Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health are $12,438, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Nebraska Methodist College Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Report

#1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$49,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s public health/community nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U-M, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548.

Read full report on Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

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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