CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Value Colleges (www.valuecolleges.com), an independent online guide to the best values in undergraduate and graduate college education, is pleased to release its Top 50 Best Value Online MSN Programs of 2015 at http://www.valuecolleges.com/rankings/best-value-online-msn-programs/.
Value Colleges' Top 50 Best Value Online MSN list is designed to inform prospective students about the colleges and universities worth their cost in tuition and student loans: institutions that meet the demand for low costs with high quality. These fifty schools offer working nurses a chance to raise their career status and salary with an online MSN degree, with the reputation to ensure a strong return on investment for their graduates.
Value Colleges built the list using the following criteria:
- average early-career salary from Payscale.com
- national ranking (U.S. News & World Report)
- real tuition cost (from college website)
Stony Brook University took the top spot, followed by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Clarkson College, respectively.
Schools making the list include (in alphabetical order):
Arizona State University – Tempe, AZ
Ball State University – Muncie, IN
California University of Pennsylvania – California, PA
Clarkson College – Omaha, NE
Cleveland State University – Cleveland, OH
Drexel University – Philadelphia, PA
Duke University – Durham, NC
Duquesne University – Pittsburgh, PA
East Carolina University – Greenville, NC
Eastern Kentucky University – Richmond, KY
Florida State University – Tallahassee, FL
George Washington University – Washington, DC
Indiana University-Purdue University- Indianapolis – Indianapolis, IN
Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, MD
Lamar University – Beaumont, TX
Liberty University – Lynchburg, VA
Medical University of South Carolina – Charleston, SC
Michigan State University, East Lansing – East Lansing, MI
New Mexico State University – Las Cruces, NM
Norwich University – Northfield, VT
Nova Southeastern University (FL) – Fort Lauderdale, FL
Ohio State University – Columbus, OH
Old Dominion University – Norfolk, VA
Regis University – Denver, CO
Rush University – Chicago, IL
Sacred Heart University – Fairfield, CT
Stony Brook University – Stony Brook, NY
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock – Lubbock, TX
University of Alabama in Huntsville – Huntsville, AL
University of Arizona – Tucson, AZ
University of Central Florida – Orlando, FL
University of Cincinnati – Cincinnati, OH
University of Colorado, Denver – Denver, CO
University of Delaware – Newark, DE
University of Iowa – Iowa City, IO
University of Kansas, Lawrence – Lawrence, KS
University of Massachusetts, Amherst – Amherst, MA
University of Memphis – Memphis, TN
University of Missouri, Columbia – Columbia, MO
University of Missouri, Kansas City – Kansas City, MO
University of Nevada, Las Vegas – Las Vegas, NV
University of North Carolina Greensboro – Greensboro, NC
University of North Carolina, Charlotte – Charlotte, NC
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center – Oklahoma City, OK
University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, PA
University of South Carolina – Columbia, SC
University of Texas, Arlington – Arlington, TX
University of Texas, El Paso – El Paso, TX
Vanderbilt University – Nashville, TN
West Virginia University – Morgantown, WV
According to Value Colleges Editor Carrie Sealey-Morris, "The Master of Science in Nursing degree is the door to higher status in the nursing profession. Nursing is one of the most rewarding, satisfying careers, but it is also one of the most demanding – long hours, irregular schedules, lots of emotional burdens. Many working nurses may see an MSN degree as out of reach, but modern online degree programs are solving the problems of access with methods that are designed with working adults in mind, and are usually scheduled for flexibility and convenience. With the colleges on the Best Values list, cost and return need not be a barrier to getting ahead in the health care profession."
Value Colleges is an independent, online resource with one mission: to help prospective students find the best educational value in their chosen field. At Value Colleges, future students can find rankings for the top investments in online and residential college degrees, advice on making the best decisions about finances when in college, and explanations of commonly-misunderstood aspects of college costs.
Contact:
Carrie Sealey-Morris
Editor, Value Colleges
(512) 710-9901
Email