2023 Most Popular Online Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education opportunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Online Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in District of Columbia 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.
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Most Popular Online Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia
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Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the most popular school in District of Columbia for students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, the large private not-for-profit school awarded 1,086 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 55% were women.
In 2019-2020 about 37% 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 Howard University is a great place for students working on their doctor’s degree. Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 567 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 62% were women.
Around 24% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Catholic University of America. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Online Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 201 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 59% were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 98% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of the Potomac - Washington DC Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in District of Columbia.
In 2019-2020 about 9% 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 American University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, the fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 451 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 59% were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 39% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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Notes and References
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*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.
References
- 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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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