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

6 Schools Ranked

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which nursing program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Kansas ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in Kansas 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 Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas
80 Total Awards
$11,045 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Kansas the most popular school in Kansas for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. KU is a large public school situated in Lawrence, Kansas. It awarded 80 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 81% of those degree recipients were women.

Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 69% took at least some of their classes online.

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#2

Washburn University

Topeka, Kansas
20 Total Awards
$9,636 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washburn University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kansas list. Washburn University is a public institution located in Topeka, Kansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 20 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 90% were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 48% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#3

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, Kansas
18 Total Awards
$8,728 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pittsburg State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kansas list. Located in Pittsburg, Kansas, the medium-sized public school awarded 18 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 94% were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 80% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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17 Total Awards
$4,500 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Hays State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in Hays, Kansas, the fairly large public school handed out 17 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.

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

During the 2019-2020 year, about 93% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#5

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas
8 Total Awards
$7,252 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Wichita State University is a great place for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. WSU is located in Wichita, Kansas and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.

Of those students who received their degree, 63% were women.

In 2019-2020 about 37% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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$5,615 Average Tuition & Fees

Rasmussen University - Kansas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for nursing students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list.

Rasmussen University - Kansas 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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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 6 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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