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

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 the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Plains States region, there were 3 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 2 public health/community nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public health/community nurse/nursing programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Master’s in the Plains States Region”.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important 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 the Plains States Region

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

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

#1

Allen College

Waterloo, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$18,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Allen College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health/Community Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Waterloo, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s public health/community nursing students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree public health/community nursing students list, Allen College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Allen College are $18,700.

Read full report on Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing at Allen College

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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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