2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing Doctor's Degree School for You
With 322,592 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, nursing is the #3 most popular major in the United States.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 40 schools in the Plains States Region 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.
Top 10 Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Morningside College the best value school in the Plains States Region for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Sioux City, Morningside is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Morningside are $6,516 per year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Mount Marty University is a great value for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Mount Marty is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Yankton.
Mount Marty graduate students pay an average of $9,650 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Mount Marty is ranked #1 for overall quality for nursing in the Plains States Region .
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mayo Clinic School of Medicine. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Rochester, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine are $22,716 per year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Minnesota State University - Mankato helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in the Plains States Region . Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the city of Mankato.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 per year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Webster University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in the Plains States Region . Webster is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Webster are $13,500 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Webster also did well on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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With a ranking of #7, Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Nebraska Methodist College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Nebraska Methodist College are $12,158 a year.
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With a ranking of #8, Graceland University - Lamoni did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Graceland Lamoni is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Lamoni.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Graceland Lamoni are $11,187 per year.
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Winona State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Winona State is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Winona.
Winona State graduate students pay an average of $12,836 in tuition and fees each year.
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Fort Hays State University 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 #10 on the list. FHSU is a large public school located in the town of Hays.
FHSU graduate students pay an average of $11,376 in tuition and fees each year.
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Explore the best nursing colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 6,840 |
| Minnesota | 14,890 |
| Kansas | 2,633 |
| Iowa | 2,966 |
| Nebraska | 1,908 |
| North Dakota | 976 |
| South Dakota | 1,022 |
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Nursing Related Majors for Nursing
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 25 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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