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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Our 2023 rankings named Regis University the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Denver, Regis U is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Regis U are $15,079 per year.
Regis U not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions is a great value for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. RMUoHP is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Provo.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at RMUoHP are $17,416 per year.
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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 town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW are $17,569 a year.
UW also took the #4 spot in our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
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Out of the 15 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Westminster College Utah landed the # 4 spot on the list. 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 also took the #5 spot in our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. 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 came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CU Anschutz are $24,342 a year.
CU Anschutz also made our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #1.
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Weber State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the small city of Ogden, WSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
WSU graduate students pay an average of $18,226 in tuition and fees each year.
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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.
Colorado Mesa graduate students pay an average of $14,535 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #9, Colorado Christian University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Lakewood, CCU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CCU are $14,626 a year.
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Montana State University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at MSU Bozeman are $22,391 a year.
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Explore the best nursing schools 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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