2023 Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Nursing Master'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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 21 schools in the Rocky Mountains 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. 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.
Top 10 Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Denver College of Nursing to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Denver, Denver College of Nursing is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Denver College of Nursing are $1,840 a year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Western Governors University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . WGU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City.
WGU graduate students pay an average of $7,790 in tuition and fees each year.
WGU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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Out of the 21 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at BYU are $7,700 a year.
BYU also took the #3 spot in our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Northwest Nazarene University is a great value for nursing students working on their master’s degree. NNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Nampa.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NNU are $10,964 per year.
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Out of the 21 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Westminster College Utah landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, Westminster College Salt Lake is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Westminster College Salt Lake graduate students pay an average of $16,689 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Providence ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the small city of Great Falls, University of Providence is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
University of Providence graduate students pay an average of $24,327 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Providence excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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With a ranking of #7, Regis University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Regis U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.
Regis U graduate students pay an average of $15,079 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Wyoming came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. UW is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Laramie.
UW graduate students pay an average of $17,569 in tuition and fees each year.
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Colorado State University - Pueblo ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the midsize city of Pueblo, Colorado State University - Pueblo is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado State University - Pueblo are $19,773 a year.
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Colorado Mesa University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the small city of Grand Junction, Colorado Mesa is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Colorado Mesa graduate students pay an average of $14,535 in tuition and fees each 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 21 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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