2022 Best Value Colleges for School Nursing (Income $0-$30k) in California

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 School Nursing Schools in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

School Nursing is the 591st most popular major in the country with 524 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 3 school nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great school nursing programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the school nursing program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value School Nursing Schools in California For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value School Nursing Schools in California For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value School Nursing Schools in California For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for School Nursing (Income $0-$30k) in California

#1

Brandman University

Irvine, California

#2 in overall quality

$19,981 Average Net Price

$53,838 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brandman University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value School Nursing Schools in California For Those Making $0-$30k. Brandman is a fairly large school located in Irvine, California that handed out 1 ’s school nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Brandman also made our “Best School Nursing Schools in California” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Brandman is $19,981 for California School Nursing students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on School Nursing at Brandman

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• Best Value Colleges for School Nursing (Income $0-$30k)

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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