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2023 Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in New Hampshire

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$21,167 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 New Hampshire. In total, 2,129 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in New Hampshire.

Today's nursing students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 New Hampshire ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in New Hampshire 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for nursing majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best New Hampshire Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Nursing

#1

Rivier University

Nashua, NH

Our 2023 rankings named Rivier University the best value school in New Hampshire for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Rivier is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashua.

Rivier graduate students pay an average of $12,195 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Rivier did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire list.

Read full report on Nursing at Rivier University

#2

Granite State College

Concord, NH

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Granite State College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire list. Located in the fringe town of Concord, GSC is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at GSC are $9,684 per year.

GSC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire list.

Read full report on Nursing at Granite State College

Out of the 5 schools in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. UNH is a large public school located in the small suburb of Durham.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNH are $16,352 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNH is ranked #3 for overall quality for nursing in New Hampshire.

Read full report on Nursing at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Southern New Hampshire University is a great value for nursing students working on their master’s degree. SNHU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SNHU are $19,470 a year.

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

Full Nursing at Southern New Hampshire University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Franklin Pierce University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire list. Located in the rural area of Rindge, Franklin Pierce is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Franklin Pierce are $36,650 a year.

Franklin Pierce also took the #4 spot in our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire rankings.

Full Nursing at Franklin Pierce University Report

Best Value Nursing Colleges in the New England Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 6,626
Vermont 390
Connecticut 3,058
Maine 1,262
Rhode Island 1,091

Nursing Focus Areas

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

Majors Similar to Nursing

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

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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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