2023 Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in New York
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Nursing Master's Degree School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in New York with 17,708 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
The Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in New York ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 36 schools in New York 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.
Top 10 Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University the best value school in New York for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Brooklyn, SUNY Downstate is a public school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SUNY Downstate are $11,973 per year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Upstate Medical University is a great value for nursing students working on their master’s degree. SUNY Upstate Medical University is a small public school located in the midsize city of Syracuse.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SUNY Upstate Medical University are $12,316 a year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means The Graduate Center, CUNY is a great value for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at The Graduate Center are $10,410 a year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Hunter College is a great value for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of New York, Hunter is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Hunter graduate students pay an average of $11,398 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Stony Brook University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in New York. Located in the suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SUNY Stony Brook are $13,838 per year.
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Albany Medical College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New York ranking. Located in the city of Albany, AMC Albany 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 AMC Albany are $29,117 a year.
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SUNY Polytechnic Institute ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the suburb of Utica, SUNY Poly is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SUNY Poly are $12,788 a year.
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With a ranking of #8, Binghamton University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Binghamton University is a large public school located in the midsize suburb of Vestal.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Binghamton University are $13,780 a year.
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Lehman College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the city of Bronx, Lehman is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Lehman are $11,570 a year.
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College of Staten Island CUNY ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. CSI is a large public school located in the city of Staten Island.
CSI graduate students pay an average of $11,650 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Pennsylvania | 11,477 |
New Jersey | 5,648 |
Maryland | 4,104 |
Delaware | 1,267 |
District of Columbia | 990 |
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Majors Related to Nursing
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 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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