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2023 Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Iowa

6 Schools Ranked

Today's nursing students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

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 Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in Iowa 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 Iowa

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
$12,065 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Iowa to be the best school for nursing students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Iowa.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Iowa. In 2019-2020 about 33% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#2

Morningside College

Sioux City, Iowa

Out of the 6 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Morningside College landed the # 2 spot on the list.

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.

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$11,187 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Graceland University - Lamoni landed the # 3 spot on the list.

Since the graduate programs at Graceland Lamoni are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.

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#4

Briar Cliff University

Sioux City, Iowa
$10,530 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Briar Cliff University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list.

Briar Cliff 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 64% took at least some of their classes online.

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#5

Mount Mercy University

Cedar Rapids, Iowa
$11,176 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Mount Mercy University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Iowa.

Online graduate courses are available at Mount Mercy, 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 62% took at least some of their classes online.

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#6

Clarke University

Dubuque, Iowa
$14,147 Average Tuition & Fees

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

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Clarke. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 7% took at least some of their classes online.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 6 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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