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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Idaho” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Nursing is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 322,592 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,320 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Idaho” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in nursing. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their nursing program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Idaho” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for idaho doctor’s degree nursing students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Idaho State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Idaho list. This fairly large school is located in Pocatello, Idaho, and it awarded 23 doctorate’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Boise State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Boise, Idaho is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s nursing degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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