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2022 Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
7,215 Degrees Awarded
$15,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor's in Arizona For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Registered Nursing is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 259,493 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Arizona, there were 9,922 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7,215 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,194 and $24,661 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in registered nursing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent registered nursing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the registered nursing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona bachelor’s degree registered nursing students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing (Income $30-$48k) in Arizona

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $30-$48k list. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 290 bachelors’s registered nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also made our “Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Tempe is $8,921 for arizona bachelor’s degree registered nursing students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 104 bachelors’s registered nursing degrees to qualified students.

University of Arizona also took the #7 spot in our “Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $11,466 for arizona bachelor’s degree registered nursing students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Arizona Registered Nursing Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #3 spot on the list. UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 789 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Arizona also made our “Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $13,378 for arizona bachelor’s degree registered nursing students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona.

Full University of Phoenix - Arizona Registered Nursing Report

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #4 spot on the list. Scottsdale, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s registered nursing degrees to 407 students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Skysong did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Skysong is $12,020 for arizona bachelor’s degree registered nursing students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#4

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Flagstaff, Arizona, and it awarded 526 bachelors’s registered nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

NAU also made our “Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $9,799 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Registered Nursing students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend NAU.

Full Northern Arizona University Registered Nursing Report

#5

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it awarded 4,638 bachelors’s registered nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Grand Canyon University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. The yearly cost to attend Grand Canyon University is $18,704 for arizona bachelor’s degree registered nursing students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#1 in overall quality

Chamberlain University - Arizona ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $30-$48k list. Chamberlain University - Arizona is a small school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 223 bachelors’s registered nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Chamberlain - Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Chamberlain University - Arizona Registered Nursing Report

#7

Brookline College - Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona
#9 in overall quality

Brookline College - Phoenix came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, this small private for-profit school handed out 154 degrees to qualified bachelors’s registered nursing students in 2019-2020.

Brookline College - Phoenix did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. The yearly cost to attend Brookline College - Phoenix is $31,764 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Registered Nursing students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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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