2023 Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Indiana
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for nursing students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.
The Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Indiana 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 Indiana to see which ones offered the best value associate 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Indiana
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Our 2023 rankings named Ivy Tech Community College the best value school in Indiana for nursing students working on their associate degree. Ivy Tech Community College is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1,366 associate degrees to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ivy Tech Community College are $8,927 per year. On average, associate degree students take out $15,984 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Ivy Tech Community College does have options available for those who want to take online classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 81% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Ivy Tech Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Indiana list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vincennes University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Indiana list. Located in Vincennes, Indiana, the fairly large public school handed out 75 associate degree awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Vincennes University are $15,253 per year. Associate Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $15,648 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Vincennes University does offer online classes for certain degree levels. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 16% took at least some of their classes online.
Vincennes University also took the #4 spot in our Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Indiana rankings.
The excellent associate degree programs at Purdue University Global helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Indiana. Purdue University Global is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 104 associate degrees to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Purdue University Global are $14,436 per year. On average, associate degree students take out $27,073 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Purdue University Global is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each undergraduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Purdue University Global also took the #5 spot in our Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Indiana rankings.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Saint Francis - Fort Wayne. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Indiana list. University of St. Francis Fort Wayne is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 72 associate degrees to qualified students.
University of St. Francis Fort Wayne undergraduate students pay an average of $33,390 in tuition and fees each year. Associate Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $29,695 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at University of St. Francis Fort Wayne. In fact, around 81% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, University of St. Francis Fort Wayne is ranked #2 for overall quality in Indiana.
The excellent associate degree programs at Bethel University - Mishawaka helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Indiana. Bethel University is located in Mishawaka, Indiana and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 associate degrees to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bethel University are $30,830 per year. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $30,537 in student loans.
Online courses are available at Bethel University, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 30% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Bethel University also made our Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Indiana list, coming in at #3.
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*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.
References
- 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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