2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Connecticut
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing Doctor's Degree School for You
Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was the most popular one in Connecticut. In total, 3,058 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Connecticut.
With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Connecticut to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Connecticut 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.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Connecticut Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Nursing
Our analysis found American Sentinel University to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Connecticut. Located in the suburb of Aurora, American Sentinel University is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at American Sentinel University are $6,920 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Connecticut State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list. CCSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of New Britain.
CCSU graduate students pay an average of $12,848 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, CCSU is ranked #5 for overall quality for nursing in Connecticut.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Fairfield University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Connecticut. Fairfield U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Fairfield.
Fairfield U graduate students pay an average of $19,498 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Fairfield U also took the #2 spot in our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut rankings.
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Out of the 8 schools in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Connecticut State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Danbury, WestConn is a public college with a small student population.
WestConn graduate students pay an average of $13,253 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 8 schools in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Quinnipiac University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
Quinnipiac graduate students pay an average of $20,340 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Quinnipiac also took the #3 spot in our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut rankings.
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Sacred Heart University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. Sacred Heart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fairfield.
Sacred Heart graduate students pay an average of $34,509 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, Sacred Heart is ranked #4 for overall quality for nursing in Connecticut.
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University of Connecticut ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCONN are $20,325 per year.
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Yale University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. Yale is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New Haven.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Yale are $45,700 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Yale is ranked #1 for overall quality for nursing in Connecticut.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Massachusetts | 6,626 |
New Hampshire | 2,129 |
Maine | 1,262 |
Vermont | 390 |
Rhode Island | 1,091 |
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Nursing Related Majors for Nursing
One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.
Nursing Concentrations
Most Popular Majors Related to Nursing
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 8 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.