2022 Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 “Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 108 school nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 78 school nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in school nursing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent school 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 school 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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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 for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree school nursing students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for School Nursing (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

$17,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Catherine University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. St. Kate’s is a small school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 9 masters’s school nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Kate’s also took the #0 spot in our “Best School Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at St. Kate’s are $17,400.

Full St Catherine University School Nursing Report

#2

Maryville University of Saint Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$15,696 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 69 diplomas to qualified masters’s school nursing students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Maryville U, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best School Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Maryville University of Saint Louis are $15,696, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for School Nursing (Income $48-$75k)

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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