2022 Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US 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 “Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 524 people earned their degree in school nursing, making the major the 591st most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 15 school nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 school nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent school nursing programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The school nursing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region”.

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Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for School Nursing in the Far Western US Region

#1

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, California

#1 in overall quality

$30,640 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loma Linda University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region list. Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Loma Linda, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Loma Linda University also made our “Best School Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loma Linda University are $30,640, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Loma Linda University School Nursing Report

#1

Brandman University

Irvine, California

#2 in overall quality

$12,540 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brandman University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region list. Brandman University is a fairly large school located in Irvine, California that handed out 1 doctorate’s school nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Brandman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best School Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brandman are $12,540, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about School Nursing at Brandman University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for School Nursing

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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