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2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in New York

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

19 Colleges
$24,621 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$115,233 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Doctor's Degree School for You

Nursing is the most popular major in New York with 17,708 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's healthcare 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 19 schools in New York to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York

Check out the nursing doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named The Graduate Center, CUNY the best value school in New York for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at The Graduate Center are $10,410 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Upstate Medical University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list. SUNY Upstate Medical University is a small public school located in the midsize city of Syracuse.

SUNY Upstate Medical University graduate students pay an average of $12,316 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University at Buffalo helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in New York. University at Buffalo is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Buffalo.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University at Buffalo are $14,388 per year.

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#4

Hunter College

New York, NY

Out of the 19 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Hunter College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of New York, Hunter is a public college with a very large student population.

Hunter graduate students pay an average of $11,398 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

College of Staten Island CUNY

Staten Island, NY

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at College of Staten Island CUNY helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in New York. CSI is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Staten Island.

CSI graduate students pay an average of $11,650 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

With a ranking of #6, Stony Brook University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public college with a very large student population.

SUNY Stony Brook graduate students pay an average of $13,838 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY

Binghamton 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 #7 on the list. Binghamton University is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Vestal.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Binghamton University are $13,780 per year.

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#8

Wagner College

Staten Island, NY

With a ranking of #8, Wagner College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Wagner is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Staten Island.

Wagner graduate students pay an average of $23,340 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Wagner is ranked #3 for overall quality for nursing in New York.

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Dominican College of Blauvelt landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree nursing programs. Dominican College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Orangeburg.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Dominican College are $17,276 per year.

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#10

St. John Fisher College

Rochester, NY

St. John Fisher College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree nursing programs. Fisher is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Rochester.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Fisher are $18,324 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Fisher is ranked #2 for overall quality for nursing in New York.

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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Nursing Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 11,477
Maryland 4,104
New Jersey 5,648
District of Columbia 990
Delaware 1,267

Nursing is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Nursing Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing 266,651
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 16,104
Nursing Administration 9,838
Nursing Practice 7,992
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 5,092
Nursing Science 4,600
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 2,287
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 2,021
Nurse Anesthetist 1,936
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing 1,883
Critical Care Nursing 773
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing 563
School Nursing 553
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 509
Clinical Nurse Leader 444
Clinical Nurse Specialist 419
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing 331
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 181
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing 57
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing 53
Palliative Care Nursing 14
Forensic Nursing 14

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 19 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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