2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2021-2022, 4,717 people earned their degree in other registered nursing, nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing, making the major the 148th most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 398 other registered nursing, nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 398 other registered nursing, nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,612 and $39,317 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other registered nursing, nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing. That schools that top this list have a program in other registered nursing, nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing in the Rocky Mountains Region

1

Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, Utah

#5 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Governors University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. WGU is a large school located in Salt Lake City, Utah that handed out 398 masters’s other registered nursing, nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.

Read full report on Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Western Governors University

2

University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, Colorado

#22 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Colorado landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Greeley, Colorado, this medium-sized public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s other registered nursing, nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.

Read more about Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at University of Northern Colorado

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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