2023 Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Kansas
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing Master's Degree School for You
Nursing is one of the most popular subjects to study in Kansas. With 311 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 7th out of all the majors we track in the state.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
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 Kansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in Kansas 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 Kansas
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 Fort Hays State University to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Kansas. FHSU is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Hays.
FHSU graduate students pay an average of $4,500 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Newman University is a great value for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Wichita, Newman University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Newman University graduate students pay an average of $8,484 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Newman University is ranked #4 for overall quality for nursing in Kansas.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Grantham University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Kansas. Grantham University is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the small city of Lenexa.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Grantham University are $4,800 per year.
Out of the 11 schools in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Ottawa University - Kansas City landed the # 4 spot on the list. Ottawa University - Kansas City is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Overland Park.
Ottawa University - Kansas City graduate students pay an average of $10,968 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Out of the 11 schools in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Wichita State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Wichita, WSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
WSU graduate students pay an average of $7,252 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
With a ranking of #6, Pittsburg State 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 Pittsburg, Pitt State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Pitt State are $8,728 per year.
University of Kansas ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas list. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at KU are $11,045 per year.
KU also took the #2 spot in our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas rankings.
With a ranking of #8, University of Saint Mary did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their master’s degree. University of St. Mary is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Leavenworth.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at University of St. Mary are $11,160 a year.
Baker University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas ranking. Baker is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Baldwin City.
Baker graduate students pay an average of $12,246 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Baker not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas list.
Tabor College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree nursing programs. Located in the remote town of Hillsboro, Tabor is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Tabor graduate students pay an average of $11,670 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Plains States Region
Explore all the Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Missouri | 2,207 |
Minnesota | 5,809 |
Iowa | 462 |
Nebraska | 414 |
North Dakota | 100 |
South Dakota | 94 |
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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 |
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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 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.
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