2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest 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.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
The Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 30 schools in the Southwest Region 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.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. 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 Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for nursing majors pursuing a doctor's degree.
Top 10 Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Aspen University the best value school in the Southwest Region for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Aspen University is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the city of Denver.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Aspen University are $4,357 a year.
Aspen University also claimed a spot on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
Grand Canyon University graduate students pay an average of $11,538 in tuition and fees each year.
Grand Canyon University also claimed a spot on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northwestern Oklahoma State University is a great value for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the remote town of Alva, NWOSU is a public school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NWOSU are $10,571 per year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Health San Antonio is a small public school located in the city of San Antonio.
UT Health San Antonio graduate students pay an average of $13,448 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Texas Wesleyan University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Fort Worth, Texas Wesleyan is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Texas Wesleyan graduate students pay an average of $21,243 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Texas Wesleyan is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. TTUHSC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Lubbock.
TTUHSC graduate students pay an average of $19,056 in tuition and fees each year.
The University of Texas Medical Branch 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. UTMB Galveston is a small public school located in the town of Galveston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UTMB Galveston are $21,997 per year.
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Texas Woman’s University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree nursing programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
TWU graduate students pay an average of $15,048 in tuition and fees each year.
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Corpus Christi, Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M Corpus Christi are $15,995 a year.
Texas Christian University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
TCU graduate students pay an average of $32,268 in tuition and fees each year.
TCU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
Best Nursing Colleges by State
Explore the best nursing schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 3,662 |
| Arizona | 3,385 |
| Oklahoma | 165 |
| New Mexico | 106 |
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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.
Majors Similar 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 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).
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