If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the public health/community nurse/nursing degrees they offer, see the list below.
Our analysis ranked Grand Canyon University the best value for a degree in public health/community nurse/nursing in the Southwest Region. Grand Canyon University is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix. In-state tuition and fees average $18,508. Students borrow a median of $25,500 to complete the public health/community nurse/nursing program here. Public Health/community Nurse/nursing graduates of Grand Canyon University earn a median of $115,226 early in their careers. Set against $25,500 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff. The acceptance rate is 79%.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 2 ranked schools only.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.