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2023 Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$14,459 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,601 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Associate Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was the most popular one in New Hampshire. In total, 2,129 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in New Hampshire.

Today's nursing students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in New Hampshire to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for nursing majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best New Hampshire Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Nursing

Our 2023 rankings named River Valley Community College the best value school in New Hampshire for nursing students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Claremont, NH Community Technical College - Claremont is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NH Community Technical College - Claremont are $6,940 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, nursing majors at NH Community Technical College - Claremont accumulate an average of around $28,503 in student debt.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NH Community Technical College - Claremont is ranked #1 for overall quality for nursing in New Hampshire.

Full Nursing at River Valley Community College Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means NHTI-Concord’s Community College is a great value for nursing students working on their associate degree. NHTI is a small public school located in the town of Concord.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NHTI are $7,200 per year. The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at NHTI take out while working on their Associate Degree is $28,812.

NHTI not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Nashua Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire list. Nashua Community College is a small public school located in the small city of Nashua.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Nashua Community College are $7,140 per year. After completing their Associate Degree, nursing graduates from Nashua Community College carry an average student debtload of $32,721.

Nashua Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire list.

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#4

Great Bay Community College

Portsmouth, NH

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Great Bay Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire list. Located in the suburb of Portsmouth, Great Bay Community College is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Great Bay Community College are $7,200 per year. Nursing majors at Great Bay Community College take out an average of $29,731 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Great Bay Community College also took the #5 spot in our Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire rankings.

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The excellent associate degree programs at St Joseph School of Nursing helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in New Hampshire. St Joseph School of Nursing is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashua.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at St Joseph School of Nursing are $22,764 per year. The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at St Joseph School of Nursing take out while working on their Associate Degree is $25,670.

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Rivier University

Nashua, NH

Rivier University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree nursing programs. Rivier is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashua.

Rivier undergraduate students pay an average of $35,512 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Nursing majors at Rivier take out an average of $38,246 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Rivier also took the #3 spot in our Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in New Hampshire rankings.

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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the New England Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 6,626
Vermont 390
Connecticut 3,058
Maine 1,262
Rhode Island 1,091

Nursing Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing 266,651
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 16,104
Nursing Administration 9,838
Nursing Practice 7,992
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 5,092
Nursing Science 4,600
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 2,287
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 2,021
Nurse Anesthetist 1,936
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing 1,883
Critical Care Nursing 773
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing 563
School Nursing 553
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 509
Clinical Nurse Leader 444
Clinical Nurse Specialist 419
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing 331
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 181
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing 57
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing 53
Palliative Care Nursing 14
Forensic Nursing 14

Majors Similar to Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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