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2023 Most Popular Online Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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$81,655 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 977,800 health professions students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 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 Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 22 schools in the Southwest 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.

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

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Our analysis found Grand Canyon University to be the most popular school for health professions students who want to pursue an online doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

About 90% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 10% are male.

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Out of the 22 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center landed the # 2 spot on the list. TTUHSC is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Of the 470 students majoring in health professions at TTUHSC, 38% are male and 62% are female.

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Out of the 22 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 84% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 16% are male.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Arlington is a great place for health professions students working on their online doctor’s degree. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

Of the 50 students majoring in health professions at UT Arlington, 6% are male and 94% are female.

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#5

Aspen University

Denver, CO

Out of the 22 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Aspen University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Aspen University is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

About 84% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 16% are male.

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Midwestern University - Glendale came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Midwestern University - Glendale is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Glendale.

Of the 686 students majoring in health professions at Midwestern University - Glendale, 55% are male and 45% are female.

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With a ranking of #7, Abilene Christian 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 medium-sized city of Abilene, Abilene Christian is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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American InterContinental University - Online 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. Located in the rural area of Schaumburg, AIU Online is a private for-profit school with a large student population.

Of the 16 students majoring in health professions at AIU Online, 44% are male and 56% are female.

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 80% of the health professions majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #10, Texas Woman’s 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 medium-sized city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 152 students majoring in health professions at TWU, 18% are male and 82% are female.

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Explore the most popular online health professions colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 24,705
Texas 45,833
New Mexico 3,731
Oklahoma 6,642

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Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
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
Health Sciences & Services 35,945
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 29,833
Mental & Social Health Services 29,053
Medicine 28,629
Dental Support Services 26,399
Communication Sciences 22,298
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 20,393
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 18,901
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services 10,751
Health/Medical Prep Programs 9,210
Other Health Professions 7,984
Dentistry 6,770
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 6,158
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 5,115
Alternative Medicine & Systems 3,564
Chiropractic 2,658
Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies 2,374
Medical Illustration & Informatics 2,089
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,775
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 960
Medical Science 909
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 294
Alternative Medical Support Services 227
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 68

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 22 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).

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