2023 Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Ohio
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Nursing Master's Degree School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in Ohio with 13,973 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Ohio ranking. Our analysis looked at 23 schools in Ohio 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.
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.
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2023 Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio
Check out the nursing master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Cedarville University the best value school in Ohio for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Cedarville, Cedarville is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cedarville are $9,864 per year.
Cedarville also made our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio list, coming in at #4.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Youngstown State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio list. Located in the small city of Youngstown, Youngstown State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Youngstown State University are $6,751 per year.
Out of the 23 schools in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public college with a fairly large student population.
OHIO Athens graduate students pay an average of $9,720 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Ohio State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Ohio. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public school with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ohio State are $12,425 per year.
Ohio State also took the #3 spot in our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio rankings.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Otterbein University is a great value for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Westerville, Otterbein is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Otterbein are $14,392 per year.
Otterbein also took the #2 spot in our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio rankings.
Xavier 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 #6 on the list. Xavier is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cincinnati.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Xavier are $12,076 per year.
University of Akron Main Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree nursing programs. Located in the city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at University of Akron Main Campus are $11,936 a year.
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With a ranking of #8, Franciscan University of Steubenville did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Franciscan U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Steubenville.
Franciscan U graduate students pay an average of $12,888 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Franciscan U not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio list.
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Cleveland State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio ranking. Cleveland State University is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Cleveland.
Cleveland State University graduate students pay an average of $10,625 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Kent State University at Kent landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree nursing programs. Kent State is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Kent.
Kent State graduate students pay an average of $11,766 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Michigan | 7,345 |
Illinois | 21,938 |
Indiana | 7,922 |
Wisconsin | 5,410 |
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Majors Related to Nursing
Nursing Focus Areas
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 23 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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