2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing Doctor's Degree School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in the United States with 26,717 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which nursing program is right for you. 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, Nursing Degree Search has created its Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 33 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's 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. 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 Far Western US 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 Point Loma Nazarene University the best value school in the Far Western US Region for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. PLNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at PLNU are $11,880 per year.
PLNU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Gonzaga University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Spokane, Gonzaga is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
Gonzaga graduate students pay an average of $14,878 in tuition and fees each year.
Gonzaga also made our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #4.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Brandman University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Brandman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.
Brandman graduate students pay an average of $12,720 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Seattle U are $14,310 per year.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means California State University - Fresno is a great value for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Fresno State are $17,591 a year.
With a ranking of #6, University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. USAHS is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the suburb of San Marcos.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at USAHS are $26,247 a year.
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Azusa Pacific University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Azusa Pacific is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Azusa.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Azusa Pacific are $16,696 per year.
California Baptist University 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 #8 on the list. Cal Baptist is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Riverside.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal Baptist are $14,320 per year.
University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree nursing programs. UNLV is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNLV are $22,698 per year.
UNLV also made our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #3.
San Jose State University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Jose.
San Jose State graduate students pay an average of $18,790 in tuition and fees each year.
Best Nursing Colleges by State
Explore the best nursing schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Washington | 3,851 |
| California | 18,329 |
| Nevada | 2,015 |
| Alaska | 177 |
| Hawaii | 535 |
| Oregon | 1,502 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.
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