2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nursing in North Dakota

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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 North Dakota, there were 1,072 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,217 and $20,602 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 144 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,960 and $29,702 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in North Dakota” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in nursing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great nursing programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the nursing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in North Dakota

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

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

#1

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$18,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$108,852 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in North Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #1 spot on the list. UND is a fairly large public school situated in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It awarded 90 masters’s nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

UND did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in North Dakota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UND are $18,326, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Nursing at University of North Dakota

#2

University of Mary

Bismarck, North Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$17,861 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$94,408 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mary. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Master’s in North Dakota. Bismarck, North Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s nursing degrees to 52 students in 2019-2020.

UMary not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in North Dakota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMary are $17,861, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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