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

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With all the nursing programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Iowa ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Iowa 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

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
51 Total Awards
$12,065 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Iowa the most popular school in Iowa for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. University of Iowa is a large public school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 51 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 82% were women.

Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 33% took at least some of their classes online.

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#2

Morningside College

Sioux City, Iowa
6 Total Awards

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morningside College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list. Morningside is located in Sioux City, Iowa and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.

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

Morningside is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

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#3

Allen College

Waterloo, Iowa
4 Total Awards
$18,908 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Allen College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list. Located in Waterloo, Iowa, the very small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

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

Around 78% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#4

Briar Cliff University

Sioux City, Iowa
3 Total Awards
$10,530 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Briar Cliff University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Iowa. Briar Cliff is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sioux City, Iowa. It awarded 3 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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

In 2019-2020 about 64% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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2 Total Awards
$11,187 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Graceland University - Lamoni. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list. Graceland Lamoni is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lamoni, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.

Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Graceland Lamoni. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 5 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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