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2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

17 Colleges
$13,405 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$115,233 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Doctor's Degree School for You

Nursing is one of the most popular subjects to study in Texas. With 21,862 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Texas ranking. This report analyzed 17 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas

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 analysis found The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Texas. UT Health San Antonio is a small public school located in the city of San Antonio.

UT Health San Antonio graduate students pay an average of $4,464 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UTHealth is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Houston.

UTHealth graduate students pay an average of $10,409 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. TTUHSC is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

TTUHSC graduate students pay an average of $9,080 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Texas. Located in the large city of Corpus Christi, Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M Corpus Christi are $7,179 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas Medical Branch. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UTMB Galveston is a small public school located in the fringe town of Galveston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UTMB Galveston are $11,471 per year.

Read full report on Nursing at The University of Texas Medical Branch

Texas Woman’s University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree nursing programs. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at TWU are $7,704 per year.

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The University of Texas at El Paso ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UTEP is a very large public school located in the large city of El Paso.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UTEP are $7,166 a year.

Read full report on Nursing at The University of Texas at El Paso

The University of Texas at Austin came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.

UT Austin graduate students pay an average of $12,050 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UT Austin also made our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list, coming in at #3.

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The University of Texas at Arlington ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Arlington are $10,853 a year.

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#10

Prairie View A & M University

Prairie View, TX

Prairie View A & M University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas ranking. PVAMU is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Prairie View.

PVAMU graduate students pay an average of $7,993 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Nursing at Prairie View A & M University

Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 12,966
Oklahoma 3,009
New Mexico 1,390

One of 30 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 17 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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