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2023 Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$15,198 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$98,140 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Master'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.

The Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in Connecticut 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.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut

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

Top 10 Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named American Sentinel University the best value school in Connecticut for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Aurora, American Sentinel University is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

American Sentinel University graduate students pay an average of $6,920 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Connecticut State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list. CCSU is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of New Britain.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CCSU are $12,848 a year.

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#3

Fairfield University

Fairfield, CT

The excellent master’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 suburb of Fairfield.

Fairfield U graduate students pay an average of $19,498 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Fairfield U did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list.

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#4

Goodwin College

East Hartford, CT

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Goodwin College is a great value for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Goodwin is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of East Hartford.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Goodwin are $13,134 per year.

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#5

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, CT

The excellent master’s degree programs at Quinnipiac University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Connecticut. Located in the large suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Quinnipiac are $20,340 per year.

Quinnipiac also made our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list, coming in at #2.

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#6

University of Saint Joseph

West Hartford, CT

With a ranking of #6, University of Saint Joseph did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of West Hartford, USJ is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at USJ are $15,264 a year.

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#7

University of Hartford

West Hartford, CT

University of Hartford landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree nursing programs. UHart is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of West Hartford.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UHart are $15,202 a year.

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Western Connecticut State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’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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University of Connecticut landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree nursing programs. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCONN are $20,325 per year.

UCONN not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list.

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#10

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 master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized 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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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Nursing Colleges 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 11 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.

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