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2023 Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools in West Virginia

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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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamp with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools in West Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in West Virginia to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for nursing students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

View our full ranking methodology.

Top Nursing Master's Degree Schools in West Virginia

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Wheeling University

Wheeling, West Virginia
$10,160 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Wheeling University the best school in West Virginia for nursing students working on their master’s degree.

Wheeling University is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

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#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

The excellent master’s degree programs at West Virginia University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in West Virginia.

Online graduate courses are available at WVU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 81% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#3

West Virginia Wesleyan College

Buckhannon, West Virginia
$12,222 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia Wesleyan College landed the # 3 spot on the list.

Since the graduate programs at West Virginia Wesleyan are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.

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#4

American Public University System

Charles Town, West Virginia
$7,050 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend American Public University System. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list.

If you are interested in distance education, American Military University is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.

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#5

Marshall University

Huntington, West Virginia
$8,882 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent master’s degree programs at Marshall University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in West Virginia.

One thing to take note of is that Marshall University does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 83% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

References

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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