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

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There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which nursing program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamps with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Missouri 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

Maryville University of Saint Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
77 Total Awards
$15,696 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Maryville University of Saint Louis the most popular school in Missouri for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctor’s degrees to 77 students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 91% were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 91% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Full Maryville University of Saint Louis Report

#2

University of Missouri - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri
52 Total Awards
$11,745 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, the fairly large public school awarded 52 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students 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 66% took at least some of their classes online.

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#3

University of Missouri - St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
41 Total Awards

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - St Louis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. UMSL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 41 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.

Of those students who received their degree, 95% were women.

Around 71% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

Full University of Missouri - St Louis Report

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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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