2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 173 public health/community nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 public health/community nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public health/community nurse/nursing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the public health/community nurse/nursing program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of California - Irvine

Irvine, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,456 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the #1 spot on the list. University of California - Irvine is a public institution located in Irvine, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Irvine, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Irvine are $28,456, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of California - Irvine Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Report

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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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