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2023 Most Popular Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Minnesota

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$115,233 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Doctor's Degree School for You

Nursing is the most popular major in Minnesota with 14,890 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in Minnesota to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Nursing program at each school on the list.

Check out the nursing doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Minnesota.

#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Out of the 12 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Capella University is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.

Women make up 94% of the nursing majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

Of the 142 students majoring in nursing at UMN Twin Cities, 11% are male and 89% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The College of Saint Scholastica. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. St. Scholastica is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Duluth.

About 89% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 11% are male.

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#5

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, MN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Catherine University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the city of Saint Paul, St. Kate's is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 28 students majoring in nursing at St. Kate's, 7% are male and 93% are female.

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Mayo Clinic School of Medicine ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Rochester.

Women make up 77% of the nursing majors at the school.

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Winona State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for nursing students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the town of Winona, Winona State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#8

Augsburg University

Minneapolis, MN

With a ranking of #8, Augsburg University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Augsburg is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.

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With a ranking of #9, Metropolitan State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Metro State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Minnesota State University - Mankato ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the small city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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State Degrees Awarded
South Dakota 1,022
North Dakota 976
Nebraska 1,908
Kansas 2,633
Iowa 2,966
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

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

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 12 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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