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

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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 Southeast region, there were 90 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 22 public health/community nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 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.

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 Southeast Region

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

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

#1

Jacksonville State University

Jacksonville, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$20,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Jacksonville State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Jacksonville, Alabama, and it awarded 22 masters’s public health/community nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Jacksonville State University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Jacksonville State University are $20,200, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing at Jacksonville State University

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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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