2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains 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 27,247 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. 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 Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 15 schools in the Rocky Mountains 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.
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.
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2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Check out the nursing doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Regis University to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Denver, Regis U is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
Regis U graduate students pay an average of $15,079 in tuition and fees each year.
Regis U did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . RMUoHP is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at RMUoHP are $17,416 per year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wyoming. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the remote town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a large student population.
UW graduate students pay an average of $17,569 in tuition and fees each year.
UW also took the #4 spot in our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Westminster College Utah is a great value for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Westminster College Salt Lake are $16,689 a year.
Westminster College Salt Lake did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a great value for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a very large private for-profit school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs are $14,312 a year.
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University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree nursing programs. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a very large student population.
CU Anschutz graduate students pay an average of $24,342 in tuition and fees each year.
CU Anschutz did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
With a ranking of #7, Weber State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public school with a very large student population.
WSU graduate students pay an average of $18,226 in tuition and fees each year.
With a ranking of #8, Colorado Mesa University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Colorado Mesa is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Grand Junction.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado Mesa are $14,535 per year.
Colorado Christian University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Lakewood, CCU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CCU are $14,626 per year.
With a ranking of #10, Montana State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSU Bozeman are $22,391 per year.
Best Nursing Colleges by State
Explore the best nursing colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 6,496 |
| Utah | 17,535 |
| Montana | 745 |
| Idaho | 1,593 |
| Wyoming | 397 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 15 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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