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2023 Most Popular Online Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

25 Colleges
$77,195 Avg Salary

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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Education Doctor's Degree Colleges.

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Capella University the most popular online school in the Plains States Region for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

About 82% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 18% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Woods University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the town of Fulton, William Woods is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 71% of the education majors at the school.

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#3

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Creighton University is a great place for education students working on their online doctor’s degree. Creighton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.

About 57% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 43% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend A T Still University of Health Sciences. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the remote 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 landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online doctor’s degree education programs. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

Women make up 64% of the education majors at the school.

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Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Nebraska Methodist College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.

Women make up 74% of the education majors at the school.

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Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online doctor’s degree education programs. Maryville U is a large private not-for-profit school located in the 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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#9

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

University of Kansas ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public college 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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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

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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