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2022 Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
27 Degrees Awarded
$35,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

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

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 27 school nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in school nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality school nursing programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the school nursing program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for School Nursing (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Durham, North Carolina, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s school nursing students in 2019-2020.

Duke did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best School Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Duke University are $59,140.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s school nursing degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

U-M also made our “Best School Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548.

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#3

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, New York
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stony Brook University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k list. Stony Brook University is a public institution located in Stony Brook, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Stony Brook also made our “Best School Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stony Brook University are $25,583, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Stony Brook University School Nursing Report

#4

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University at Buffalo. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k. University at Buffalo is a large public school situated in Buffalo, New York. It awarded 1 doctorate’s school nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

University at Buffalo also made our “Best School Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #5 spot on the list. Iowa is a large public school situated in Iowa City, Iowa. It awarded 10 doctorate’s school nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best School Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Iowa School Nursing Report

#8 in overall quality

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. UC is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s school nursing degrees to qualified students.

UC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best School Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UC are $26,644.

Read more about School Nursing at UC

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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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