2023 Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 34 schools in the Plains States Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for nursing students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.
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Top Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region of the U.S.
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Our 2023 rankings named Mount Marty University the best school in the Plains States Region for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree.
Mount Marty does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 91% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Webster University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Webster. During the 2019-2020 year, about 61% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
KU 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 69% took at least some of their classes online.
Out of the 34 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the # 4 spot on the list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UND. During the 2019-2020 year, about 71% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Out of the 34 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the # 5 spot on the list.
Maryville U 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 91% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
University of Iowa ranked #6 on this year’s Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
One thing to take note of is that Iowa does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 33% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Augsburg University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree nursing programs.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Augsburg. In fact, around 4% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Creighton University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Creighton. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 50% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Winona State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
Online graduate courses are available at Winona State, 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, 66% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
The College of Saint Scholastica 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 #10 on the list.
Online graduate courses are available at St. Scholastica, 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 50% took at least some of their classes online.
University of Missouri - Kansas City ranked #11 on this year’s Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
UMKC does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 66% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #12, Morningside College did quite well on this year’s best schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree.
Morningside is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Saint Louis University landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree nursing programs.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at SLU. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 57% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of Mary 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 #14 on the list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UMary. In 2019-2020 about 80% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
North Dakota State University - Main Campus 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 #15 on the list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since North Dakota State University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 20% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
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Pittsburg State University ranked #16 on this year’s Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Pitt State. In fact, around 80% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Graceland University - Lamoni landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree nursing programs.
If you are interested in distance education, Graceland Lamoni is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #18 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree nursing programs.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Minnesota State Mankato does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 40% took at least some of their classes online.
Fort Hays State University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at FHSU. During the 2019-2020 year, about 93% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
University of Missouri - St Louis 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 #21 on the list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UMSL does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 71% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Washburn University ranked #22 on this year’s Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Washburn University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 48% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
St Catherine University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
One thing to take note of is that St. Kate’s does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 87% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
South Dakota State University ranked #24 on this year’s Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since South Dakota State does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 45% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #25, Bethel University Minnesota 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 Bethel University Minnesota. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 79% took at least some of their classes online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 25 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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