2023 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Schools in Arizona
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The Most Popular Doctor's Degree Schools in Arizona ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in Arizona to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
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Most Popular Doctor's Degree Schools in Arizona
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Our analysis found University of Arizona to be the most popular school for students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Arizona. University of Arizona is located in Tucson, Arizona and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1,010 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Around 54% of those degree recipients were women.
Online graduate courses are available at University of Arizona, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 37% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arizona list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, the large public school handed out 897 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 48% were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since ASU - Tempe does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 42% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arizona list. Grand Canyon University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 829 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Around 76% of those degree recipients were women.
Online graduate courses are available at Grand Canyon University, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 96% took at least some of their classes online.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Midwestern University - Glendale is a great place for students working on their doctor’s degree. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Glendale, Arizona, and it awarded 817 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 50% of those degree recipients were women.
Online graduate courses are available at Midwestern University - Glendale, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 1% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arizona list. UOPX - Arizona is a large private for-profit school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 356 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 69% were women.
One thing to take note of is that UOPX - Arizona does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 99% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Northern Arizona 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 #6 on the list. This large public school is located in Flagstaff, Arizona, and it awarded 220 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 67% of those degree recipients were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since NAU does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 54% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Arizona State University - Skysong ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arizona list. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, the large public school awarded 87 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 79% were women.
If you are interested in distance education, ASU - Skysong is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
American InterContinental University - Online ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arizona list. Located in Schaumburg, Arizona, the fairly large private for-profit school awarded 86 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 52% were women.
AIU Online is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
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Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine & Health Sciences ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arizona list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this very small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctor’s degrees to 65 students in 2020-2021.
Around 75% of those degree recipients were women.
Since the graduate programs at SCNM are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
Aspen University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree programs. Located in Denver, Arizona, the medium-sized private for-profit school handed out 52 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 73% were women.
Since the graduate programs at Aspen University are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
Ottawa University - Phoenix landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree programs. Ottawa University - Phoenix is a very small private not-for-profit school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 17 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 76% of those degree recipients were women.
Since the graduate programs at Ottawa University - Phoenix are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
Phoenix Seminary came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arizona ranking. Phoenix Seminary is a very small private not-for-profit school located in Scottsdale, Arizona that handed out 6 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 17% were women.
Online graduate courses are available at Phoenix Seminary, 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.
With a ranking of #13, Prescott College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for students working on their doctor’s degree. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Prescott, Arizona, and it awarded 5 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 80% were women.
One thing to take note of is that Prescot College does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 99% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #14, International Baptist College and Seminary did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for students working on their doctor’s degree.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at IBCS. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 96% took at least some of their classes online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 14 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%.
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