2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing in New Hampshire

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Master’s in New Hampshire” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

With 313,362 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, nursing is the 3rd most popular major in the United States. 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 New Hampshire, there were 2,062 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,354 and $22,831 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 233 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,323 and $42,175 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 nursing program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire

The colleges and universities below are the best for new hampshire master’s degree nursing students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing in New Hampshire

#1

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

Durham, New Hampshire

#1 in overall quality

$29,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$80,858 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire. Durham, New Hampshire is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nursing degrees to 54 students in 2019-2020.

UNH also made our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNH are $29,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Nursing at UNH

#2

Rivier University

Nashua, New Hampshire

#3 in overall quality

$11,745 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$95,376 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, Rivier University landed the #2 spot on the list. Rivier is located in Nashua, New Hampshire and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 63 masters’s nursing degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rivier, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rivier are $11,745, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Rivier Nursing Report

#3

Southern New Hampshire University

Manchester, New Hampshire

#2 in overall quality

$18,810 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern New Hampshire University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire list. Manchester, New Hampshire is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s nursing degrees to 110 students in 2019-2020.

SNHU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern New Hampshire University are $18,810.

Read full report on Nursing at Southern New Hampshire 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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