2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Georgia
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Georgia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in Georgia 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. 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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Top Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Georgia
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Our 2023 rankings named University of North Georgia the best value school in Georgia for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. UNG is located in Dahlonega, Georgia and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
UNG graduate students pay an average of $18,354 in tuition and fees each year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UNG. In fact, around 66% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
UNG also made our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list, coming in at #1.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Georgia College & State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Georgia. Located in Milledgeville, Georgia, the medium-sized public school handed out 13 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Georgia College are $20,862 per year.
One thing to take note of is that Georgia College does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 96% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Georgia College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Georgia Southern University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list. This large public school is located in Statesboro, Georgia, and it awarded 12 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at GaSou are $22,004 per year.
GaSou 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 74% took at least some of their classes online.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, GaSou is ranked #5 for overall quality in Georgia.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Augusta University is a great place for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. Augusta University is a medium-sized public school located in Augusta, Georgia that handed out 96 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Augusta University are $20,712 a year.
Augusta University does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 49% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Georgia State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list. This large public school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 16 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Georgia State graduate students pay an average of $24,790 in tuition and fees each year.
Georgia State 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.
Georgia State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list.
Mercer University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia ranking. Mercer is located in Macon, Georgia and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Mercer are $15,544 a year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Mercer. In 2019-2020 about 46% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Brenau University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia ranking. Located in Gainesville, Georgia, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Brenau are $13,940 per year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Brenau. During the 2019-2020 year, about 56% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #8, Emory University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 28 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Emory are $45,684 per year.
Emory does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 74% took at least some of their classes online.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Emory is ranked #3 for overall quality in Georgia.
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Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 8 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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