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

3 Schools Ranked

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for nursing students. 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 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 Tennessee ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Tennessee 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.

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9 Total Awards
$10,474 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga the most popular school in Tennessee for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga is a fairly large public school located in Chattanooga, Tennessee that handed out 9 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 78% of those degree recipients were women.

Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 60% took at least some of their classes online.

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#2

Union University

Jackson, Tennessee
31 Total Awards
$11,666 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Union University is a great place for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Union is a private not-for-profit institution located in Jackson, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 31 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 55% were women.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 70% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#3

Lincoln Memorial University

Harrogate, Tennessee
$20,104 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you attend Lincoln Memorial University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list.

Around 13% 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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