2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Iowa
Finding the Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor's Degree School for You
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.
The Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Iowa ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in Iowa to see which ones were the most popular online doctor's degree programs for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor's Degree Colleges.
Most Popular Online Iowa Schools for a Doctorate in Nursing
Our 2023 rankings named University of Iowa the most popular online school in Iowa for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Iowa is a very large public school located in the city of Iowa City.
About 82% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 18% are male.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morningside College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list. Morningside is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Sioux City.
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The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at Allen College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Iowa. Located in the small city of Waterloo, Allen College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Briar Cliff University is a great place for nursing students working on their online doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Sioux City, Briar Cliff is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
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The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at Graceland University - Lamoni helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Iowa. Located in the remote area of Lamoni, Graceland Lamoni is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Minnesota | 14,890 |
South Dakota | 1,022 |
North Dakota | 976 |
Nebraska | 1,908 |
Kansas | 2,633 |
Missouri | 6,840 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 5 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).
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