2022 Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Idaho

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 Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Idaho” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Idaho, there were 1,452 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,910 and $21,612 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 54 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,676 and $37,720 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Idaho” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Idaho” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Idaho

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Idaho.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing in Idaho

#1

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$26,566 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$91,744 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boise State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Idaho. Located in Boise, Idaho, this large public school handed out 19 degrees to qualified masters’s nursing students in 2019-2020.

Boise State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boise State are $26,566, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Nursing at Boise State

#2

Northwest Nazarene University

Nampa, Idaho

#2 in overall quality

$11,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$75,518 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Nazarene University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Nampa, Idaho, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 34 degrees to qualified masters’s nursing students in 2019-2020.

NNU also made our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwest Nazarene University are $11,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Nursing at NNU

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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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