2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Iowa
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Nursing Doctor's Degree School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in Iowa with 2,966 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
Today's nursing students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.
The Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Iowa ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Iowa 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.
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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Nursing
Our analysis found Morningside College to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Iowa. Morningside is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Sioux City.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Morningside are $6,516 per year.
Morningside also made our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list, coming in at #2.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list. Iowa is a very large public school located in the city of Iowa City.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Iowa are $12,065 a year.
Iowa also made our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list, coming in at #1.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Graceland University - Lamoni. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list. Located in the remote area of Lamoni, Graceland Lamoni is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Graceland Lamoni are $11,187 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Graceland Lamoni is ranked #3 for overall quality for nursing in Iowa.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Briar Cliff University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list. Located in the small city of Sioux City, Briar Cliff is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Briar Cliff are $10,530 per year.
Briar Cliff did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Mount Mercy University is a great value for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Mount Mercy is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cedar Rapids.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mount Mercy are $11,176 per year.
Mount Mercy did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list.
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Allen College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa ranking. Located in the city of Waterloo, Allen College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Allen College are $18,908 a year.
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Clarke University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree nursing programs. Clarke is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Dubuque.
Clarke graduate students pay an average of $14,147 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Minnesota | 14,890 |
| South Dakota | 1,022 |
| North Dakota | 976 |
| Nebraska | 1,908 |
| Kansas | 2,633 |
| Missouri | 6,840 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 7 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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