2023 Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Florida
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Nursing Master's Degree School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in Florida with 21,209 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
There are so many nursing programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
The Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Florida ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 22 schools in Florida 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.
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. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees 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 Florida
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Colleges.
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Our analysis found Rasmussen University - Florida to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Florida. Rasmussen University - Florida is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the small city of Ocala.
Rasmussen University - Florida graduate students pay an average of $5,615 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 22 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Gulf Coast University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Fort Myers, FGCU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at FGCU are $8,971 per year.
FGCU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Florida Atlantic University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Florida. Located in the city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at FAU are $6,693 a year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Florida State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list. Florida State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tallahassee.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Florida State are $11,553 per year.
Florida State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list.
The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Central Florida helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Florida. UCF is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Orlando.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCF are $8,872 a year.
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University of South Florida - Main Campus 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. Located in the city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at USF Tampa are $10,428 a year.
USF Tampa also made our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list, coming in at #4.
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Florida International University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree nursing programs. FIU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Miami.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at FIU are $11,106 a year.
FIU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list.
The University of West Florida ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list. Located in the city of Pensacola, UWF is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UWF are $9,062 a year.
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With a ranking of #9, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee, Florida A&M University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Florida A&M University are $9,876 per year.
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The University of Tampa landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree nursing programs. Located in the city of Tampa, UT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT are $12,014 per year.
Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Region
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Louisiana | 3,502 |
Mississippi | 2,838 |
Alabama | 7,364 |
Kentucky | 6,395 |
Arkansas | 2,882 |
Tennessee | 6,004 |
North Carolina | 7,425 |
West Virginia | 1,771 |
South Carolina | 3,296 |
Virginia | 6,775 |
Georgia | 7,112 |
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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 22 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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