by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Idaho” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 322,592 nursing students received their degree, making the major the 3rd most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, nursing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $70,916 and had an average of $25,426 in loans still to pay off.
Across Idaho, there were 1,609 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $68,792 and $25,720 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,142 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,020 and $24,050 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Idaho” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in nursing. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in nursing.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Idaho”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Idaho”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lewis - Clark State College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Idaho list. Lewis - Clark State College is a small public school situated in Lewiston, Idaho. It awarded 196 bachelors’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwest Nazarene University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Idaho. NNU is located in Nampa, Idaho and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 51 bachelors’s nursing degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boise State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Idaho. Boise State is located in Boise, Idaho and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 476 bachelors’s nursing degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #4 spot on the list. ISU is located in Pocatello, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 143 bachelors’s nursing degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Idaho list. Located in Rexburg, Idaho, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 276 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nursing students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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