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

2 Schools Ranked
$104,683 Avg Student Debt

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
395 Total Awards
$16,625 Average Tuition & Fees
$60,611 Avg Student Debt

Our analysis found University of Massachusetts Amherst to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Massachusetts. UMass Amherst is a public institution located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 395 doctor’s degrees in 2021-2022.

Doctor’s Degree recipients from UMass Amherst accumulate an average of $60,611 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 56% were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 42% of graduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.

Full University of Massachusetts Amherst Report

#2

MGH Institute of Health Professions

Boston, Massachusetts
150 Total Awards
$75,560 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 150 doctor’s degrees in 2021-2022.

Around 82% 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.

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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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