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.
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2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for nursing majors pursuing a doctor's degree.
Top 10 Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Regis University the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Regis U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Regis U are $15,079 per year.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the 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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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Wyoming is a great value for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. UW is a large public school located in the town of Laramie.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW are $17,569 per year.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Westminster College Utah is a great value for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. 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.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Westminster College Salt Lake are $16,689 per year.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a great value for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs graduate students pay an average of $14,312 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. CU Anschutz is a very large public school located in the 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 very large public school located in the small city of Ogden.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WSU are $18,226 a year.
Colorado Mesa University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree nursing programs. Located in the 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.
Colorado Christian University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. CCU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Lakewood.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CCU are $14,626 per year.
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 large public school located in the town of Bozeman.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSU Bozeman are $22,391 per year.
Best Nursing Colleges by State
Explore the best nursing schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.
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