2022 Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in California

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate in California” 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 California, there were 3 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 $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality school nursing programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the school nursing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california doctor’s degree school nursing students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for School Nursing in California

#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 California list. Located in Irvine, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s school nursing students in 2019-2020.

Brandman not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best School Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brandman are $12,540, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Brandman University School Nursing Report

#1

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, California

#1 in overall quality

$30,640 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value School Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Loma Linda University landed the #1 spot on the list. Loma Linda University is a small school located in Loma Linda, California that handed out 2 doctorate’s school nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Loma Linda University also took the #1 spot in our “Best School Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loma Linda University are $30,640, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on School Nursing at Loma Linda University

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