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2023 Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Indiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

16 Colleges
$12,404 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$98,140 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Master's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was the most popular one in Indiana. In total, 7,922 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Indiana.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for nursing students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Indiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in Indiana to see which master'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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Purdue University Northwest the best value school in Indiana for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Purdue Northwest is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Hammond.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Purdue Northwest are $6,303 a year.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purdue are $9,992 per year.

Purdue not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list.

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#3

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Indiana State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Located in the city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Indiana State are $8,056 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Indiana University - South Bend. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Indiana University - South Bend is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of South Bend.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Indiana University - South Bend are $8,270 a year.

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#5

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

The excellent master’s degree programs at Ball State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Indiana. Ball State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Muncie.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ball State are $10,144 per year.

Ball State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list.

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Bethel University - Mishawaka came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana ranking. Located in the small city of Mishawaka, Bethel University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Bethel University graduate students pay an average of $7,880 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Indiana University - East landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree nursing programs. IU East is a small public school located in the rural area of Richmond.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at IU East are $8,270 per year.

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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis 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 #8 on the list. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

IUPUI graduate students pay an average of $10,389 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, IUPUI is ranked #5 for overall quality for nursing in Indiana.

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University of Southern Indiana 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 #9 on the list. USI is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Evansville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USI are $10,384 per year.

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Indiana University - Kokomo 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. Located in the city of Kokomo, IU Kokomo is a public college with a small student population.

IU Kokomo graduate students pay an average of $8,270 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 7,345
Ohio 13,973
Illinois 21,938
Wisconsin 5,410

Nursing Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing 266,651
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 16,104
Nursing Administration 9,838
Nursing Practice 7,992
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 5,092
Nursing Science 4,600
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 2,287
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 2,021
Nurse Anesthetist 1,936
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing 1,883
Critical Care Nursing 773
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing 563
School Nursing 553
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 509
Clinical Nurse Leader 444
Clinical Nurse Specialist 419
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing 331
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 181
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing 57
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing 53
Palliative Care Nursing 14
Forensic Nursing 14

Related Major Annual Graduates
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 16 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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