2022 Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 313,362 nursing students received their degree, making the major the 3rd most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, nursing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $67,065 and had an average of $26,282 in loans still to pay off.

Across Oregon, there were 1,767 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,863 and $25,397 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 49 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality nursing programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the 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.

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The 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 Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon”.

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Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing in Oregon

#1

Oregon Health & Science University

Portland, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$27,692 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon Health & Science University landed the #1 spot on the list. Oregon Health & Science University is a small public school situated in Portland, Oregon. It awarded 41 doctorate’s nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OHSU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon Health & Science University are $27,692, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Nursing at OHSU

#2

University of Portland

Portland, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$23,868 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$100,414 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Portland landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Portland is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Portland, Oregon. It awarded 8 doctorate’s nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Portland, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Portland are $23,868, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Portland 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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