2023 Most Popular Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado
It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Most Popular Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in Colorado to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
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Most Popular Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado
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Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus the most popular school in Colorado for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. This large public school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 53 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 87% were women.
Online graduate courses are available at CU Anschutz, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 75% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Regis University is a great place for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in Denver, Colorado, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 22 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 91% were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Regis U does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 69% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Out of the 8 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Colorado landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in Greeley, Colorado, the fairly large public school awarded 13 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Around 85% of those degree recipients were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at University of Northern Colorado. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 81% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is a great place for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. UCCS is a public institution located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
UCCS does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 58% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
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You’ll be in good company if you attend Colorado Christian University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado list. Lakewood, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctor’s degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
Online graduate courses are available at CCU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 95% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs 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. Located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the large private for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 50% were women.
Online graduate courses are available at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 100% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Full Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs Report
Colorado Mesa University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado ranking. Located in Grand Junction, Colorado, the medium-sized public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 50% were women.
Online graduate courses are available at Colorado Mesa, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 67% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Colorado State University - Pueblo ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Colorado list.
One thing to take note of is that Colorado State University - Pueblo does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 99% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 8 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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