2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Great Lakes 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 Great Lakes region, there were 49 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 20 public health/community nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in public health/community nurse/nursing. 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree public health/community nursing students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$37,215 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Wayne State is a public institution located in Detroit, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree public health/community nursing students list, Wayne State has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State University are $37,215, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing at Wayne State

#2

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$49,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #2 spot on the list. U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s public health/community nursing degrees to qualified students.

U-M not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548.

Full U-M 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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