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

3 Schools Ranked
$109,510 Avg Student Debt

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
239 Total Awards
$15,696 Average Tuition & Fees
$68,489 Avg Student Debt

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 medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctor’s degrees to 239 students in 2021-2022.

Doctor’s Degree recipients from Maryville U accumulate an average of $68,489 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 80% of those degree recipients were women.

Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 89% took at least some of their classes online.

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#2

University of Missouri - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri
617 Total Awards
$12,370 Average Tuition & Fees
$122,267 Avg Student Debt

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Missouri - Kansas City helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Missouri. University of Missouri - Kansas City is a fairly large public school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 617 doctor’s degrees in 2021-2022.

On average, doctor’s degree students take out $122,267 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 58% of those degree recipients were women.

Around 43% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.

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#3

University of Missouri - St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
173 Total Awards
$78,643 Avg Student Debt

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Missouri - St Louis helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Missouri. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, the fairly large public school awarded 173 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2021-2022.

On average, doctor’s degree students take out $78,643 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 74% were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 68% of graduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.

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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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