2023 Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing Master's Degree School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in the United States with 26,717 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which nursing program is right 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.
The Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 56 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found United States University to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Far Western US Region . USU is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USU are $5,650 per year.
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Out of the 56 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, West Coast University - Orange County landed the # 2 spot on the list. West Coast University - Orange County is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Anaheim.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at West Coast University - Orange County are $10,989 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Irvine. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.
Concordia University, Irvine graduate students pay an average of $8,564 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Vanguard University of Southern California helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in the Far Western US Region . Vanguard is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Costa Mesa.
Vanguard graduate students pay an average of $12,376 in tuition and fees each year.
Vanguard excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Point Loma Nazarene University is a great value for nursing students working on their master’s degree. PLNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.
PLNU graduate students pay an average of $11,880 in tuition and fees each year.
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Gonzaga University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Spokane, Gonzaga is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Gonzaga are $14,878 per year.
Gonzaga not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.
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Mount Saint Mary’s University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nursing students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, MSMU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
MSMU graduate students pay an average of $13,099 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, MSMU also is in the top 20% of our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking.
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Fresno Pacific University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno Pacific is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Fresno Pacific graduate students pay an average of $15,060 in tuition and fees each year.
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Azusa Pacific University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Azusa Pacific is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Azusa.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Azusa Pacific are $16,696 per year.
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California State University - Stanislaus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nursing students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Stan State is a large public school located in the small suburb of Turlock.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Stan State are $18,582 a year.
Stan State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.
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Explore the best nursing colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Washington | 3,851 |
| California | 18,329 |
| Nevada | 2,015 |
| Alaska | 177 |
| Hawaii | 535 |
| Oregon | 1,502 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 26 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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