2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Nursing Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 322,592 nursing students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #3 most popular in the country.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Regis University to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Regis U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Regis U are $15,079 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the midsize city of Provo, RMUoHP is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
RMUoHP graduate students pay an average of $17,416 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wyoming. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UW is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Laramie.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW are $17,569 per year.
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Out of the 15 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Westminster College Utah landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, Westminster College Salt Lake is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Westminster College Salt Lake graduate students pay an average of $16,689 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the large city of Colorado Springs, Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs are $14,312 a year.
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University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree nursing programs. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Denver.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU Anschutz are $24,342 per year.
CU Anschutz also made our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #3.
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With a ranking of #7, Weber State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. WSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ogden.
WSU graduate students pay an average of $18,226 in tuition and fees each year.
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Colorado Mesa University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree nursing programs. Located in the small city of Grand Junction, Colorado Mesa is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado Mesa are $14,535 per year.
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With a ranking of #9, Colorado Christian University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. CCU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Lakewood.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CCU are $14,626 a year.
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With a ranking of #10, Montana State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Bozeman.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at MSU Bozeman are $22,391 a year.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Colorado | 6,496 |
Utah | 17,535 |
Idaho | 1,593 |
Montana | 745 |
Wyoming | 397 |
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Majors Related to Nursing
Nursing is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Nursing
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Health & Medical Administrative Services | 89,359 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 84,492 |
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Allied Health Professions | 82,308 |
Public Health | 40,596 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 15 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
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