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

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.

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 Mississippi ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Mississippi 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.

Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#1

Alcorn State University

Alcorn State, Mississippi

4 Total Awards

$8,395 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Alcorn State University to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Mississippi. Alcorn State is a public institution located in Alcorn State, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 92% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#2

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

31 Total Awards

$9,204 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list. Hattiesburg, Mississippi is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctor’s degrees to 31 students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 71% were women.

In 2019-2020 about 86% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#2

Delta State University

Cleveland, Mississippi

3 Total Awards

$8,360 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Delta State University is a great place for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in Cleveland, Mississippi, the small public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.

Around 97% 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 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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