2023 Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States 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.
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 Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 57 schools in the Plains States 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 10 Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Mount Marty University to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Plains States Region . Mount Marty is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Yankton.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mount Marty are $9,650 per year.
Mount Marty also made our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list, coming in at #3.
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Out of the 57 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Newman University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Wichita, Newman University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Newman University graduate students pay an average of $8,484 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 Morningside College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the 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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Out of the 57 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rasmussen University - North Dakota landed the # 4 spot on the list. Rasmussen University - North Dakota is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Fargo.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Rasmussen University - North Dakota are $5,615 a year.
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Out of the 57 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rasmussen University - Minnesota landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of St. Cloud, Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Rasmussen University - Minnesota are $5,615 a year.
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Nebraska Wesleyan 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 #6 on the list. NWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lincoln.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NWU are $7,580 a year.
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With a ranking of #7, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SMU MN are $10,890 per year.
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With a ranking of #8, Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their master’s degree. CMU CGES is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Fayette.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CMU CGES are $6,435 per year.
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Southwest Baptist University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the distant town of Bolivar, Southwest Baptist University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Southwest Baptist University are $5,388 per year.
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Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree nursing programs. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the small city of Mankato.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 per year.
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| 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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