2023 Most Popular Online Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Finding the Most Popular Online Education Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 327,871 education students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #4 most popular in the country.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 25 schools in the Plains States Region to see which online doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
2023 Most Popular Online Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Education Doctor's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Online Education Doctor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Capella University to be the most popular school for education students who want to pursue an online doctor’s degree in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
About 82% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 18% are male.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means William Woods University is a great place for education students working on their online doctor’s degree. Located in the town of Fulton, William Woods is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Women make up 71% of the education majors at the school.
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Out of the 25 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Creighton University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Creighton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Omaha.
About 57% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 43% are male.
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The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at A T Still University of Health Sciences helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the town of Kirksville, A T Still University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
About 73% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 27% are male.
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University of Missouri - Columbia came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbia.
Women make up 64% of the education majors at the school.
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Maryville University of Saint Louis did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for education students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Maryville U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.
About 72% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 28% are male.
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Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online doctor’s degree education programs. Nebraska Methodist College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Omaha.
Women make up 74% of the education majors at the school.
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University of Kansas came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a very large student population.
Women make up 69% of the education majors at the school.
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Explore the most popular online education schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 4,776 |
| Minnesota | 9,682 |
| Iowa | 3,392 |
| South Dakota | 1,045 |
| Missouri | 7,906 |
| Nebraska | 4,167 |
| North Dakota | 1,291 |
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Majors Related to Education
Education Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 110,226 |
| Educational Administration | 46,469 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 43,297 |
| Special Education | 36,792 |
| General Education | 29,810 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 19,832 |
| Student Counseling | 13,858 |
| Instructional Media Design | 8,695 |
| Teaching English or French | 5,791 |
| Other Education | 4,858 |
| Teaching Assistants | 2,751 |
| Educational Assessment | 2,552 |
| Multilingual Education | 1,910 |
| Education Philosophy | 737 |
| International Education | 293 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Education
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 205,984 |
| Psychology | 195,678 |
| Communication & Journalism | 120,571 |
| Family, Consumer & Human Sciences | 55,820 |
| History | 32,731 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Horadrim.
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