25 Most Affordable Online Master’s of Nursing Education Degrees

 

This college rankings article focuses on online Nursing Education and related degrees at the masters graduate level (e.g., MSN/ MS Nursing, etc.), and includes post-master’s certificates when available in any of the 25 colleges listed here.

There have been nursing shortages in the U.S. and elsewhere for some time now — possibly since as far back as the mid-1960s, for varying periods of time. However, there is currently also a shortage of the nurse educators and leaders who are involved in training new nurses, as well as employees of healthcare and other organizations/ agencies, and patients. The shortage of people in nursing education is due to retirement, career change and other reasons. As well, nursing in general is a fast-growing occupation, with 16-31% jobs growth predicted for some specialties. While students are applying to nursing schools, possibly in response to the clinical nurse shortage, there are apparently not enough faculty at some nursing schools to handle the potential increase in student nurses.

Careers in Nursing Education

For current and future nurses interested in becoming educators, a master’s degree in nursing education, or an existing MSN degree paired with a suitable post-master’s graduate certificate in nursing is a right step in the career path. This college ranking of online masters degrees in nursing education should help get you started in finding an affordable nursing school. A partial list of occupations and industries/ organizations that may be hiring graduates of an MSN Nursing Education degree is shown below.

Also see our other rankings of online and traditional bachelors and masters nursing programs, listed on our Rankings page.

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Notes

• We use the average out-of-state tuition listed in NCES for affordability rankings of master’s programs. However, a given program’s actual costs may differ from what we list and is subject to change by the colleges in question. Check Web sites for up-to-date graduate tuition rates.
• These master’s degree rankings do not factor in fees, which can vary for online programs.
• As college accreditation can change or only be valid regionally, please verify accreditation of any college to which you are planning to apply.
• This college rankings list uses the most recently reported data at time of writing; however, NCES data is subject to change as colleges report new information.
• The Areavibes cost of living score is from Areavibes.com and represents the city/ town of the college in question. It is completely independent of each college’s on-campus housing costs.

Rankings: Affordable Online Master’s Degrees in Nursing Education