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

3 Schools Ranked
$89,101 Avg Student Debt

A nursing student has lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Wisconsin ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Wisconsin to see which online doctor's degree programs were the most popular 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

Edgewood College

Madison, Wisconsin
36 Total Awards
$57,503 Avg Student Debt

Our 2023 rankings named Edgewood College the most popular school in Wisconsin for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and it awarded 36 doctor’s degrees in 2021-2022.

On average, doctor’s degree students take out $57,503 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 75% were women.

In 2020-2021 about 59% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Full Edgewood College Report

#2

Rasmussen University - Wisconsin

Green Bay, Wisconsin
$4,726 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Rasmussen University - Wisconsin is a great place for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree.

If you are interested in distance education, Rasmussen University - Wisconsin is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.

Full Rasmussen University - Wisconsin Report

#2

Concordia University, Wisconsin

Mequon, Wisconsin
140 Total Awards
$12,174 Average Tuition & Fees
$137,540 Avg Student Debt

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Concordia University, Wisconsin helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Wisconsin. Mequon, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctor’s degrees to 140 students in 2021-2022.

By the time they get their doctor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $137,540 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 64% were women.

Around 72% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 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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