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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Iowa

3 Colleges
$64,238 Avg Salary
$28,730 Avg Student Debt

Nursing is the most popular major in Iowa with 2,966 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's nursing students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Iowa to see which ones were the most popular online bachelor's degree programs for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for nursing majors pursuing an online bachelor's degree.

#1

Upper Iowa University

Fayette, IA

Our 2023 rankings named Upper Iowa University the most popular online school in Iowa for nursing students working on their bachelor’s degree. UIU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote area of Fayette.

Of the 111 students majoring in nursing at UIU, 13% are male and 87% are female.

On average, nursing graduates from UIU take out $34,722 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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#2

St Luke's College

Sioux City, IA

Out of the 3 online programs at schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, St Luke’s College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Sioux City, St Luke's College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Women make up 93% of the nursing majors at the school.

While working on their Bachelor's Degree, nursing majors at St Luke's College accumulate an average of around $31,663 in student debt.

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#3

William Penn University

Oskaloosa, IA

The in-demand online bachelor’s degree programs at William Penn University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Iowa. William Penn University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Oskaloosa.

Nursing majors at William Penn University take out an average of $38,441 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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Best Nursing Colleges in the Plains States Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 14,890
South Dakota 1,022
North Dakota 976
Nebraska 1,908
Kansas 2,633
Missouri 6,840

Nursing Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing 266,651
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 16,104
Nursing Administration 9,838
Nursing Practice 7,992
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 5,092
Nursing Science 4,600
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 2,287
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 2,021
Nurse Anesthetist 1,936
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing 1,883
Critical Care Nursing 773
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing 563
School Nursing 553
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 509
Clinical Nurse Leader 444
Clinical Nurse Specialist 419
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing 331
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 181
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing 57
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing 53
Palliative Care Nursing 14
Forensic Nursing 14

Majors Similar to Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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