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2023 Most Popular Online Doctor's Degree Schools in Iowa

7 Schools Ranked

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Iowa ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in Iowa 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.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
874 Total Awards
$12,065 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Iowa the most popular school in Iowa for students working on their doctor’s degree. Iowa is a large public school situated in Iowa City, Iowa. It awarded 874 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 51% were women.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 33% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

Full University of Iowa Report

#2

Morningside College

Sioux City, Iowa
6 Total Awards

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Morningside College is a great place for students working on their doctor’s degree. Morningside is located in Sioux City, Iowa and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.

Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.

Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Morningside. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

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#3

Allen College

Waterloo, Iowa
5 Total Awards
$18,908 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Allen College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in Iowa. Allen College is located in Waterloo, Iowa and has a very small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.

Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 78% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

Full Allen College Report

#4

Briar Cliff University

Sioux City, Iowa
34 Total Awards
$10,530 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Briar Cliff University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in Iowa. Briar Cliff is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sioux City, Iowa. It awarded 34 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 59% were women.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 64% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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2 Total Awards
$11,187 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Graceland University - Lamoni is a great place for students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in Lamoni, Iowa, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.

Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.

Graceland Lamoni is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

Full Graceland University - Lamoni Report

#6

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa
8 Total Awards
$10,569 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #6, University of Northern Iowa did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the medium-sized public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 13% were women.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 67% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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$8,500 Average Tuition & Fees

Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list.

In 2019-2020 about 65% 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 7 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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