2023 Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing Master'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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 90 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value master'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 15% Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Spring Arbor University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Spring Arbor is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small suburb of Spring Arbor.
Spring Arbor graduate students pay an average of $8,383 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing is a great value for nursing students working on their master’s degree. St. Francis Medical Center College of Nursing is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Peoria.
St. Francis Medical Center College of Nursing graduate students pay an average of $8,740 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 Ferris State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ferris are $8,232 a year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Cedarville University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in the Great Lakes Region . Cedarville is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Cedarville.
Cedarville graduate students pay an average of $9,864 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bethel University - Mishawaka. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Mishawaka, Bethel University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Bethel University are $7,880 a year.
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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SIUE are $9,316 per year.
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Chamberlain University - Illinois landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree nursing programs. Located in the large suburb of Addison, Chamberlain - Illinois is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
Chamberlain - Illinois graduate students pay an average of $14,090 in tuition and fees each year.
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Youngstown State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Youngstown State University is a large public school located in the city of Youngstown.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Youngstown State University are $6,931 a year.
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Herzing University - Madison came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Madison, Herzing University - Madison is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Herzing University - Madison are $11,680 per year.
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Illinois State University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Illinois State are $11,773 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Illinois State is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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Alverno College landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree nursing programs. Alverno is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Milwaukee.
Alverno graduate students pay an average of $10,402 in tuition and fees each year.
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McKendree University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nursing students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #12 on the list. Located in the suburb of Lebanon, McKendree is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
McKendree graduate students pay an average of $9,756 in tuition and fees each year.
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Marian University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nursing students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #13 on the list. Marian is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fond Du Lac.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Marian are $11,286 a year.
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Here are some additional great value schools for Nursing students in the Great Lakes Region seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Otterbein University | Westerville, OH |
| 15 | University of St Francis | Joliet, IL |
| 16 | Purdue University Northwest | Hammond, IN |
| 17 | Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global | Marion, IN |
| 18 | Northern Illinois University | Dekalb, IL |
| 18 | Concordia University, Wisconsin | Mequon, WI |
Best Nursing Colleges by State
Explore the best nursing schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 7,345 |
| Ohio | 13,973 |
| Illinois | 21,938 |
| Indiana | 7,922 |
| Wisconsin | 5,410 |
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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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