2023 Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Nursing Master's Degree School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in Minnesota with 14,890 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in Minnesota 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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Our analysis found Rasmussen University - Minnesota to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Minnesota. Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a small private for-profit school located in the city of St. Cloud.
Rasmussen University - Minnesota graduate students pay an average of $5,615 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 12 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota landed the # 2 spot on the list. SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Winona.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SMU MN are $10,890 per year.
SMU MN also took the #1 spot in our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota rankings.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Winona State University is a great value for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Winona, Winona State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Winona State are $8,756 per year.
Winona State also made our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list, coming in at #4.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the small city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public school with a large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Minnesota State Mankato is ranked #5 for overall quality for nursing in Minnesota.
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Bethel University Minnesota 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. Bethel University Minnesota is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Paul.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bethel University Minnesota are $11,700 per year.
Bethel University Minnesota not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list.
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With a ranking of #7, Augsburg University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Augsburg is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Augsburg are $13,500 a year.
Augsburg also took the #2 spot in our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota rankings.
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Minnesota State University - Moorhead 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. Located in the suburb of Moorhead, MSU Moorhead is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSU Moorhead are $11,052 per year.
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Metropolitan State 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 #9 on the list. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Metro State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Metro State are $10,237 per year.
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Capella University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. Capella University is a very large private for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Capella University are $14,784 a year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| South Dakota | 1,022 |
| North Dakota | 976 |
| Nebraska | 1,908 |
| Kansas | 2,633 |
| Iowa | 2,966 |
| Missouri | 6,840 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 12 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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