2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Finding the Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor's Degree School for You
With 322,592 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, nursing is the #3 most popular major in the United States.
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.
The Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 21 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular online doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
About 94% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 6% are male.
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Out of the 21 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the # 3 spot on the list. Maryville U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.
About 91% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 9% are male.
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Out of the 21 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public college with a very large student population.
Women make up 81% of the nursing majors at the school.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public college with a very large student population.
About 82% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 18% are male.
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Out of the 21 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public college with a large student population.
Of the 52 students majoring in nursing at UMKC, 19% are male and 81% are female.
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Winona State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for nursing students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Winona State is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Winona.
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Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Nebraska Methodist College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Omaha.
Women make up 95% of the nursing majors at the school.
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With a ranking of #9, Washburn University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their online doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Topeka, Washburn University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
About 90% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 10% are male.
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Pittsburg State University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the town of Pittsburg, Pitt State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Women make up 94% of the nursing majors at the school.
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Explore the most popular online nursing schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 6,840 |
| Minnesota | 14,890 |
| Kansas | 2,633 |
| Iowa | 2,966 |
| Nebraska | 1,908 |
| North Dakota | 976 |
| South Dakota | 1,022 |
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Nursing Related Majors
One of 30 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Nursing
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 89,359 |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 84,492 |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
| Allied Health Professions | 82,308 |
| Public Health | 40,596 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 21 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 Aleksahgabrielle.
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