2023 Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing Master's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 322,592 degrees and certificates were awarded to nursing students, making the major the most popular in the country.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare 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.
The Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 586 schools in the United States to see which master'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. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the United States
Check out the nursing master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 25 Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Nursing
Our 2023 rankings named Sentara College of Health Sciences the best value school in the United States for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Chesapeake, Sentara College of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Sentara College of Health Sciences are $1,181 a year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend La Salle University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, La Salle is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at La Salle are $1,455 a year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Denver College of Nursing helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in the United States. Denver College of Nursing is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Denver.
Denver College of Nursing graduate students pay an average of $1,840 in tuition and fees each year.
Out of the 586 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Aspen University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Aspen University is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.
Aspen University graduate students pay an average of $4,357 in tuition and fees each year.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means United States University is a great value for nursing students working on their master’s degree. USU is a small private for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USU are $5,650 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, USU is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools list.
University of the Cumberlands ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools list. Cumberlands is a large private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Williamsburg.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cumberlands are $4,582 per year.
Mount Marty University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools list. Mount Marty is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Yankton.
Mount Marty graduate students pay an average of $9,650 in tuition and fees each year.
Mount Marty also claimed a spot on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 1% of all schools in this category.
With a ranking of #8, Newman University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Wichita, Newman University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Newman University are $8,484 per year.
Newman University also claimed a spot on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
Kentucky Christian University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools list. Kentucky Christian University is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Grayson.
Kentucky Christian University graduate students pay an average of $5,200 in tuition and fees each year.
Universidad del Turabo came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Gurabo, Universidad del Turabo is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Universidad del Turabo are $3,552 per year.
With a ranking of #11, Morningside College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small 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.
Rasmussen University - North Dakota landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree nursing programs. Rasmussen University - North Dakota is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Fargo.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Rasmussen University - North Dakota are $5,615 per year.
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American Sentinel University landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree nursing programs. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Aurora, American Sentinel University is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at American Sentinel University are $6,920 a year.
Rasmussen University - Florida came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Ocala, Rasmussen University - Florida is a private for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Rasmussen University - Florida are $5,615 a year.
Rasmussen University - Minnesota came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of St. Cloud, Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
Rasmussen University - Minnesota graduate students pay an average of $5,615 in tuition and fees each year.
Nebraska Wesleyan University ranked #16 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 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.
Western Governors University ranked #17 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
WGU graduate students pay an average of $7,790 in tuition and fees each year.
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota 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 #18 on the list. Located in the town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SMU MN are $10,890 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, SMU MN also is in the top 20% of our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools ranking.
Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools ranking. CMU CGES is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Fayette.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CMU CGES are $6,435 a year.
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Saint Vincent College came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Latrobe, Saint Vincent is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Saint Vincent are $14,748 per year.
Saint Vincent did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools list.
With a ranking of #21, Southwest Baptist University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their master’s degree. 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.
MSU Texas landed the #22 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree nursing programs. MSU Texas is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Wichita Falls.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at MSU Texas are $8,056 a year.
Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools ranking. ENMU - Main Campus is a small public school located in the remote town of Portales.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ENMU - Main Campus are $7,110 per year.
With a ranking of #24, Stevenson University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Stevenson is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Stevenson.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Stevenson are $8,340 a year.
York College of Pennsylvania ranked #25 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools list. YCP is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of York.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at YCP are $11,646 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, YCP also did well on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Rest of the Top 50 Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools
Additional Award Winners
This list represents the remainder of the schools awarded a Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools badge. Showing in this list means the college was ranked in the top 15% of the 586 different United States nursing schools we analyzed.
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional great value schools for Nursing students seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools award.
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Nursing Related Majors for Nursing
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| 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 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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