2023 Best Doctor's Degree Schools in New York
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamp with offerings that you might find attractive.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Doctor's Degree Schools in New York ranking. Our analysis looked at 48 schools in New York to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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Top Doctor's Degree Schools in New York
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Our 2023 rankings named The Graduate Center, CUNY the best school in New York for students working on their doctor’s degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at The Graduate Center. In 2019-2020 about 100% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Cornell University is a great place for students working on their doctor’s degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Cornell does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 85% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Teachers College at Columbia University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in New York.
Online graduate courses are available at Teachers College, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 98% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ithaca College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Ithaca. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 99% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at New York University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in New York.
One thing to take note of is that NYU does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 79% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree programs.
Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Columbia. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 91% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Rochester Institute of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list.
RIT does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 72% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Wagner College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York ranking.
Marist College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree programs.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Marist. During the 2019-2020 year, about 75% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
University of Rochester did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #11 on the list.
University of Rochester does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 64% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #12, New York Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their doctor’s degree.
NYIT does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 10% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
St. John Fisher College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York ranking.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Fisher. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 25% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Fordham University landed the #14 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree programs.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Fordham U does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 91% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Adelphi University ranked #15 on this year’s Best Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Adelphi does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 92% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Molloy College came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York ranking.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Molloy does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 97% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #17, Russell Sage College did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their doctor’s degree.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Russel Sage. In fact, around 61% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Manhattanville College ranked #18 on this year’s Best Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list.
One thing to take note of is that Manhattanville does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 33% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #19, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their doctor’s degree.
Online graduate courses are available at ESF, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 45% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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Utica College ranked #20 on this year’s Best Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Utica College does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 96% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
The City College of New York came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Best Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York ranking.
CCNY does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In fact, around 90% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Daemen College landed the #22 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree programs.
Daemen College does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 52% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Syracuse University landed the #23 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree programs.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Syracuse. During the 2019-2020 year, about 31% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Clarkson University landed the #24 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree programs.
Clarkson does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 45% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #25, Dominican College of Blauvelt did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their doctor’s degree.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Dominican College. During the 2019-2020 year, about 29% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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