2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes 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 57,106 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for nursing students. 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.
The Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 64 schools in the Great Lakes 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.
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. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Ferris State University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public school with a large student population.
Ferris graduate students pay an average of $8,232 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. St. Francis Medical Center College of Nursing is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Peoria.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at St. Francis Medical Center College of Nursing are $8,740 per year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Ashland University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in the Great Lakes Region . Ashland is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Ashland.
Ashland graduate students pay an average of $6,972 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Viterbo University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in the Great Lakes Region . Viterbo is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of La Crosse.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Viterbo are $9,488 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend McKendree University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Lebanon, McKendree is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at McKendree are $9,756 per year.
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Chamberlain University - Illinois came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Addison, Chamberlain - Illinois is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Chamberlain - Illinois graduate students pay an average of $14,090 in tuition and fees each year.
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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree nursing programs. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public college with a fairly large student population.
SIUE graduate students pay an average of $9,316 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of St Francis ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Joliet, University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Saint Francis are $13,839 a year.
University of Saint Francis also took the #4 spot in our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
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Otterbein 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 #9 on the list. Otterbein is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Westerville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Otterbein are $14,392 a year.
Otterbein also took the #5 spot in our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
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Illinois State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree nursing programs. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Illinois State are $11,773 a year.
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These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Lewis University | Romeoville, IL |
| 12 | Purdue University Global | Indianapolis, IN |
| 12 | Alverno College | Milwaukee, WI |
Best Nursing Colleges by State
Explore the best nursing schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 7,345 |
| Ohio | 13,973 |
| Illinois | 21,938 |
| Indiana | 7,922 |
| Wisconsin | 5,410 |
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Most Popular Majors Related to Nursing
| 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).
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