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2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Nevada

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$20,595 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$115,233 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Doctor's Degree School for You

Nursing is the most popular major in Nevada with 2,015 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the nursing programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Nevada to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Nevada to see which doctor'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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Nevada Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Nursing

Our analysis found University of Nevada - Las Vegas to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Nevada. UNLV is a fairly large public school located in the city of Las Vegas.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNLV are $6,607 per year.

UNLV not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Nevada list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Reno. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Nevada list. Located in the large city of Reno, UNR is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UNR graduate students pay an average of $6,290 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UNR also took the #2 spot in our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Nevada rankings.

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#3

Touro University Nevada

Henderson, NV

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Touro University Nevada is a great value for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Touro University Nevada is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Henderson.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Touro University Nevada are $48,888 a year.

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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 3,851
California 18,329
Alaska 177
Hawaii 535
Oregon 1,502

Nursing Concentrations

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

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

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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