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

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With all the nursing programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education opportunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Massachusetts 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

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
62 Total Awards
$16,251 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Massachusetts Amherst the most popular school in Massachusetts for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, the large public school awarded 62 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Around 85% of those degree recipients were women.

Around 82% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

Full University of Massachusetts Amherst Report

#2

MGH Institute of Health Professions

Boston, Massachusetts
22 Total Awards
$72,985 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means MGH Institute of Health Professions is a great place for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. MGH Institute of Health Professions is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 22 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 91% of those degree recipients were women.

If you are interested in distance education, MGH Institute of Health Professions is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.

Full MGH Institute of Health Professions Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 2 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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