2023 Best Value Nursing Schools in Kentucky
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Nursing School for You
In 2020-2021, nursing students earned 2,017 degrees and certificates from a Kentucky school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Nursing Schools in Kentucky ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in Kentucky to see which 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Nursing Schools in Kentucky
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Nursing Colleges.
Top 10 Best Nursing Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of the Cumberlands the best value school in Kentucky for nursing students. Located in the town of Williamsburg, Cumberlands is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cumberlands are $9,875 per year.
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Out of the 14 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Kentucky Christian University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the town of Grayson, Kentucky Christian University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Kentucky Christian University are $22,130 per year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Midway University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Schools in Kentucky list. Midway is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Midway.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Midway are $24,850 a year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kentucky State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Schools in Kentucky list. KY State is a small public school located in the town of Frankfort.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at KY State are $9,020 a year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Kentucky University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Schools in Kentucky list. NKU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Highland Heights.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NKU are $10,392 per year.
University of Kentucky came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Schools in Kentucky ranking. UK is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lexington.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UK are $12,610 per year.
UK also took the #4 spot in our Best Nursing Schools in Kentucky rankings.
Eastern Kentucky University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for nursing students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the distant town of Richmond, Eastern is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Eastern are $9,752 a year.
Frontier Nursing University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for nursing students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the rural area of Hyden, Frontier Nursing University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Bellarmine University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for nursing students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Louisville, Bellarmine U is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bellarmine U are $44,620 per year.
Bellarmine U also took the #2 spot in our Best Nursing Schools in Kentucky rankings.
Spalding University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value nursing programs. Spalding is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Louisville.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Spalding are $26,500 per year.
Spalding also made our Best Nursing Schools in Kentucky list, coming in at #3.
Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value Nursing Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Virginia | 1,110 |
| Florida | 3,074 |
| Georgia | 1,685 |
| North Carolina | 1,399 |
| Tennessee | 1,589 |
| Louisiana | 520 |
| Alabama | 2,641 |
| South Carolina | 468 |
| Mississippi | 262 |
| Arkansas | 299 |
| West Virginia | 184 |
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Majors Related to Nursing
Nursing is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.
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 14 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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