2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 66,964 nursing students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.
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To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 15 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
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2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Regis University the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Denver, Regis U is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Regis U are $15,079 a year.
Out of the 15 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions landed the # 2 spot on the list. RMUoHP is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at RMUoHP are $17,416 a year.
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Out of the 15 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Laramie, UW is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW are $17,569 per year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Westminster College Utah. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Westminster College Salt Lake are $16,689 per year.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a great value for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Colorado Springs.
Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs graduate students pay an average of $14,312 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus 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 #6 on the list. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a very large student population.
CU Anschutz graduate students pay an average of $24,342 in tuition and fees each year.
CU Anschutz also made our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #3.
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Weber State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WSU are $18,226 per year.
Colorado Mesa University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree nursing programs. Colorado Mesa is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Grand Junction.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado Mesa are $14,535 a year.
Colorado Christian University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Lakewood, CCU is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CCU are $14,626 per year.
Montana State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree nursing programs. Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSU Bozeman are $22,391 per year.
Best Nursing Colleges by State
Explore the best nursing schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 1,462 |
| Utah | 3,534 |
| Idaho | 85 |
| Montana | 42 |
| Wyoming | 19 |
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Nursing Related Majors for Nursing
One of 29 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Nursing
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Medicine | 28,629 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 24,774 |
| Public Health | 19,473 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 17,335 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 16,952 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 15 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).
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