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2023 Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Georgia

8 Schools Ranked

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

The Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Georgia ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Georgia to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for nursing students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school us, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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Top Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Georgia

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

University of North Georgia

Dahlonega, Georgia
$6,006 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Georgia the best school in Georgia for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree.

Online graduate courses are available at UNG, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 66% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#2

Georgia College & State University

Milledgeville, Georgia
$7,308 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Georgia College & State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Georgia.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Georgia College. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 96% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#3

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia
$45,684 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list.

Online graduate courses are available at Emory, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 74% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#4

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia
$9,292 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Georgia State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Georgia.

Georgia State 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 71% took at least some of their classes online.

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#5

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, Georgia
$7,100 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 8 schools in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Southern University landed the # 5 spot on the list.

GaSou 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 74% took at least some of their classes online.

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#6

Mercer University

Macon, Georgia
$15,544 Average Tuition & Fees

Mercer University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list.

Online graduate courses are available at Mercer, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 46% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#7

Augusta University

Augusta, Georgia
$7,444 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, Augusta University did quite well on this year’s best schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Augusta University. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 49% took at least some of their classes online.

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#8

Brenau University

Gainesville, Georgia
$13,940 Average Tuition & Fees

Brenau University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia ranking.

One thing to take note of is that Brenau does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 56% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 8 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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