2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Washington
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
With all the nursing programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Doctor's Degree Schools in Washington ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in Washington to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Washington
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Our analysis found Gonzaga University to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Washington. Gonzaga University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in Spokane, Washington that handed out 44 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Gonzaga graduate students pay an average of $14,878 in tuition and fees each year.
Gonzaga does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 92% took at least some of their classes online.
Gonzaga also made our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington list, coming in at #1.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Seattle University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Washington. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctor’s degrees to 75 students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Seattle U are $14,310 per year.
Seattle U does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 71% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Seattle U did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington list. Wazzu is a large public school situated in Pullman, Washington. It awarded 49 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wazzu are $28,190 a year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Wazzu does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 30% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Washington - Seattle Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Washington. This large public school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 107 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UW Seattle graduate students pay an average of $30,912 in tuition and fees each year.
One thing to take note of is that UW Seattle does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 7% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
UW Seattle also took the #5 spot in our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington rankings.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle Pacific University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 17 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
SPU graduate students pay an average of $24,273 in tuition and fees each year.
SPU does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 83% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
SPU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington list.
Pacific Lutheran University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree nursing programs. Tacoma, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctor’s degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at PLU are $29,684 a year.
PLU does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 94% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
PLU also made our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington list, coming in at #4.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 6 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%.
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