2023 Most Popular Online Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region
Finding the Most Popular Online Health Professions Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 977,800 health professions students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Online Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the Far Western US 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 Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Health Professions Doctor's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Online Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences the most popular online school in the Far Western US Region for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. USAHS is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the suburb of San Marcos.
About 62% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 38% are male.
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Out of the 14 online programs at schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brandman University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Brandman is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.
Of the 113 students majoring in health professions at Brandman, 16% are male and 84% are female.
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Out of the 14 online programs at schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Touro University Nevada landed the # 3 spot on the list. Touro University Nevada is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Henderson.
Of the 207 students majoring in health professions at Touro University Nevada, 55% are male and 45% are female.
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The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at University of Nevada - Las Vegas helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best health professions schools in the Far Western US Region . UNLV is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Las Vegas.
Of the 207 students majoring in health professions at UNLV, 48% are male and 52% are female.
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The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at Northcentral University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best health professions schools in the Far Western US Region . Northcentral University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.
About 76% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 24% are male.
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California State University - Fresno came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 79% of the health professions majors at the school.
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Point Loma Nazarene University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online doctor’s degree health professions programs. PLNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.
Of the 9 students majoring in health professions at PLNU, 11% are male and 89% are female.
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California Intercontinental University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for health professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. California Intercontinental University is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.
About 60% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 40% are male.
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With a ranking of #9, Hawaii Pacific University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students working on their online doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Honolulu, Hawaii Pacific University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Of the 4 students majoring in health professions at Hawaii Pacific University, 50% are male and 50% are female.
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University of Alaska Anchorage did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for health professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Anchorage, UAA is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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Explore the most popular online health professions schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| California | 54,872 |
| Washington | 10,021 |
| Oregon | 5,865 |
| Hawaii | 1,126 |
| Nevada | 4,207 |
| Alaska | 578 |
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Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 14 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.