2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Minnesota
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Nursing Doctor's Degree School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in Minnesota with 14,890 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Minnesota ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in Minnesota 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. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Winona State University the best value school in Minnesota for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the town of Winona, Winona State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Winona State are $8,756 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Winona State is ranked #2 for overall quality for nursing in Minnesota.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Mayo Clinic School of Medicine. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Rochester.
Mayo Clinic School of Medicine graduate students pay an average of $22,716 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 11 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Minnesota State Mankato graduate students pay an average of $9,308 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Minnesota State Mankato not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Augsburg University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Minnesota. Augsburg is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Augsburg are $13,500 per year.
Augsburg also took the #1 spot in our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota rankings.
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Bethel University Minnesota came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. Bethel University Minnesota is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Paul.
Bethel University Minnesota graduate students pay an average of $11,700 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The College of Saint Scholastica landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree nursing programs. St. Scholastica is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Duluth.
St. Scholastica graduate students pay an average of $15,502 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
St. Scholastica also made our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list, coming in at #3.
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With a ranking of #8, Metropolitan State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Metro State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Metro State graduate students pay an average of $10,237 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Capella University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree nursing programs. Capella University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.
Capella University graduate students pay an average of $14,784 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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St Catherine University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree nursing programs. Located in the city of Saint Paul, St. Kate's is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
St. Kate’s graduate students pay an average of $17,760 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| South Dakota | 1,022 |
| North Dakota | 976 |
| Nebraska | 1,908 |
| Kansas | 2,633 |
| Iowa | 2,966 |
| 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 11 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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