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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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 medium-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.
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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 school 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 large public school located in the remote town of Laramie.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW are $17,569 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Westminster College Utah. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Westminster College Salt Lake are $16,689 per year.
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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.
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University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nursing students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denver.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CU Anschutz are $24,342 a year.
CU Anschutz not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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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.
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Colorado Mesa University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the small city of Grand Junction, Colorado Mesa is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado Mesa are $14,535 a year.
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Colorado Christian University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree nursing programs. CCU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lakewood.
CCU graduate students pay an average of $14,626 in tuition and fees each year.
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Montana State University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. MSU Bozeman is a fairly 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.
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| 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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