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2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Connecticut

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$15,531 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$115,233 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Colleges.

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 school 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.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CCSU are $12,848 per year.

CCSU also took the #5 spot in our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut rankings.

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#3

Fairfield University

Fairfield, CT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairfield University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list. Fairfield U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fairfield.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Fairfield U are $19,498 a year.

Fairfield U also took the #2 spot in our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut rankings.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Connecticut State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list. Located in the city of Danbury, WestConn is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WestConn are $13,253 a year.

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#5

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, CT

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Quinnipiac University is a great value for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Quinnipiac graduate students pay an average of $20,340 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Quinnipiac not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list.

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#6

Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, CT

With a ranking of #6, Sacred Heart University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Sacred Heart is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Fairfield.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Sacred Heart are $34,509 per 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.

Full Nursing at Sacred Heart University Report

University of Connecticut 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. 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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#8

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Yale 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 #8 on the list. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of New Haven.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Yale are $45,700 a 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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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 6,626
New Hampshire 2,129
Maine 1,262
Vermont 390
Rhode Island 1,091

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Nursing Concentrations

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 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.

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