by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended School Nursing Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 553 people earned their degree in school nursing, making the major the 581st most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 89 school nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 61 school nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended School Nursing Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in school nursing. To top this list, a school must have a successful school nursing program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended School Nursing Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended School Nursing Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. Wayne State is a public institution located in Detroit, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended School Nursing Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a public institution located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended School Nursing Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the #3 spot on the list. IUPUI is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 masters’s school nursing degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Toledo. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended School Nursing Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. Toledo, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s school nursing degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Case Western Reserve University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended School Nursing Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. Cleveland, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s school nursing degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, Cedarville University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended School Nursing Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Cedarville, Ohio, and it awarded 4 masters’s school nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended School Nursing Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 1 masters’s school nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Youngstown State University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Well Attended School Nursing Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Youngstown State University is a fairly large school located in Youngstown, Ohio that handed out 0 masters’s school nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
Xavier University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended School Nursing Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s ranking. Xavier University is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s school nursing degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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