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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana

6 Schools Ranked

A nursing student has lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.

The Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in Indiana to see which ones had the most popular online doctor's degree programs for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#1

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, Indiana
59 Total Awards
$9,530 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Purdue University Global the most popular school in Indiana for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Purdue University Global is a large public school situated in Indianapolis, Indiana. It awarded 59 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 97% of those degree recipients were women.

Purdue University Global 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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#2

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, Indiana
12 Total Awards
$8,056 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Indiana State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Indiana. Located in Terre Haute, Indiana, the medium-sized public school handed out 12 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.

Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.

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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#3

Saint Mary's College

Notre Dame, Indiana
9 Total Awards

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Saint Mary’s College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Indiana. Located in Notre Dame, Indiana, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 89% were women.

St. Mary’s College is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

Full Saint Mary’s College Report

#4

University of Southern Indiana

Evansville, Indiana
4 Total Awards
$10,384 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Southern Indiana is a great place for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. USI is a medium-sized public school situated in Evansville, Indiana. It awarded 4 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.

In 2019-2020 about 96% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#4

University of Indianapolis

Indianapolis, Indiana
4 Total Awards
$40,560 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Indianapolis helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Indiana. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.

Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 87% took at least some of their classes online.

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#6

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
7 Total Awards
$9,992 Average Tuition & Fees

Purdue University - Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Purdue University - Main Campus is a large public school located in West Lafayette, Indiana that handed out 7 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.

Around 60% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

References

  • 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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