2023 Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing Master'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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 51 schools in the Southwest Region 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.
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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for nursing majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Aspen University to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southwest Region . Aspen University is a medium-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.
The excellent master’s degree programs at MSU Texas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in the Southwest Region . MSU Texas is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Wichita Falls.
MSU Texas graduate students pay an average of $8,056 in tuition and fees each year.
Out of the 51 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. ENMU - Main Campus is a small public school located in the town of Portales.
ENMU - Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $7,110 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 51 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lubbock Christian University landed the # 4 spot on the list. LCU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Lubbock.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at LCU are $9,540 per year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend West Coast University - Dallas. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. West Coast University - Dallas is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Dallas.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at West Coast University - Dallas are $10,735 per year.
West Texas A&M University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Canyon.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at West Texas A&M University are $8,574 per year.
With a ranking of #7, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their master’s degree. UT Health San Antonio is a small public school located in the large city of San Antonio.
UT Health San Antonio graduate students pay an average of $13,448 in tuition and fees each year.
Grand Canyon University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Grand Canyon University are $11,538 per year.
Texas Wesleyan University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Fort Worth, Texas Wesleyan 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 Texas Wesleyan are $21,243 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Texas Wesleyan is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. TTUHSC is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Lubbock.
TTUHSC graduate students pay an average of $19,056 in tuition and fees each year.
Best Nursing Colleges by State
Explore the best nursing colleges 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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