2022 Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California

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 Master’s in California” 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.

Across California, 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 $60,281 and $50,119 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.

More Ways to Rank Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in California

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing in California

#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 California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Irvine, California, this large public school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s public health/community nursing students 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 California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Irvine are $28,456, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UC Irvine Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Report

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

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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