2023 Most Popular Online Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones had 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.
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Most Popular Online Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region of the U.S.
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Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus the most popular school in the Rocky Mountains Region for students working on their doctor’s degree. This large public school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 740 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 64% were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 75% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
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You’ll be in good company if you attend Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the large private for-profit school awarded 167 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Around 23% of those degree recipients were women.
In 2019-2020 about 100% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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You’ll be in good company if you attend Taft University System. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Online Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Denver, Colorado, the very small private for-profit school handed out 51 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Around 39% of those degree recipients were women.
Since the graduate programs at Taft Law School are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
Out of the 11 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the # 4 spot on the list. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctor’s degrees to 368 students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 61% were women.
In 2019-2020 about 67% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Regis University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Regis University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 160 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 57% of those degree recipients were women.
Around 69% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Boise State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Boise State University is a large public school located in Boise, Idaho that handed out 50 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 40% were women.
Around 80% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of Northern Colorado came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large public school located in Greeley, Colorado that handed out 84 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 71% of those degree recipients were women.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 81% took at least some of their classes online.
Weber State University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. WSU is located in Ogden, Utah and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 92% were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 80% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of Utah did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. This large public school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 815 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 49% were women.
Around 68% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Northwest Nazarene University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in Nampa, Idaho, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Around 56% of those degree recipients were women.
In 2019-2020 about 71% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Utah State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #11 on the list. USU is a public institution located in Logan, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 99 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 40% were women.
In 2019-2020 about 52% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 11 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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