2023 Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which nursing program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamp with offerings that you might find attractive.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 13 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for nursing students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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Top Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois
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Our 2023 rankings named Bradley University the best school in Illinois for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Bradley does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 95% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St Francis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at University of Saint Francis. In 2019-2020 about 89% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Lewis University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Illinois.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Lewis. During the 2019-2020 year, about 85% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at McKendree University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Illinois.
One thing to take note of is that McKendree does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 68% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Park University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since North Park does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 92% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Illinois State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree nursing programs.
Online graduate courses are available at Illinois State, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 81% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #7, University of Illinois at Chicago did quite well on this year’s best schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UIC. During the 2019-2020 year, about 95% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking.
SIUE does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 86% took at least some of their classes online.
Millikin University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree nursing programs.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Millikin. In 2019-2020 about 61% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Loyola University Chicago ranked #10 on this year’s Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Loyola Chicago. During the 2019-2020 year, about 92% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Northern Illinois University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nursing students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #11 on the list.
Online graduate courses are available at NIU, 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 43% took at least some of their classes online.
Governors State University landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree nursing programs.
Online graduate courses are available at GSU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 35% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
DePaul University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nursing students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #13 on the list.
DePaul does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. 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 13 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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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