2023 Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee
It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Also there are many trade schools and bpptcamp that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Tennessee 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 Tennessee
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Our 2023 rankings named Vanderbilt University the best school in Tennessee for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Vanderbilt does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 67% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Tennessee.
UT Chattanooga does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 60% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Belmont University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Belmont. During the 2019-2020 year, about 37% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UT Knoxville. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 36% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at King University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Tennessee.
King 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. During the 2019-2020 year, about 84% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Union University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking.
Union does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 70% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Tennessee Technological University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree nursing programs.
Online graduate courses are available at Tennessee Tech University, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 80% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Southern Adventist University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Southern Adventist. In fact, around 71% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
East Tennessee State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at ETSU. In 2019-2020 about 49% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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*These averages are for the top 9 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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