2023 Most Popular Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky
It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamps with offerings that you might find attractive.
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 Kentucky to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in Kentucky to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular 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 Kentucky
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Our 2023 rankings named Frontier Nursing University the most popular school in Kentucky for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in Hyden, Kentucky, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 181 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 92% were women.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Frontier Nursing University. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Northern Kentucky University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list. Located in Highland Heights, Kentucky, the fairly large public school handed out 82 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 87% were women.
One thing to take note of is that NKU does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 96% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisville. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, the large public school handed out 41 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 80% were women.
UofL does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 68% took at least some of their classes online.
Out of the 10 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the # 4 spot on the list. UK is a large public school situated in Lexington, Kentucky. It awarded 33 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 97% of those degree recipients were women.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UK. In 2019-2020 about 57% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Murray State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list. Murray State University is a medium-sized public school located in Murray, Kentucky that handed out 29 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 83% of those degree recipients were women.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Murray State. In 2019-2020 about 60% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Western Kentucky University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree nursing programs. Located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the fairly large public school awarded 24 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Around 92% of those degree recipients were women.
Online graduate courses are available at WKU, 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, 81% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Eastern Kentucky University 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 #7 on the list. Eastern Kentucky University is a fairly large public school located in Richmond, Kentucky that handed out 11 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 82% of those degree recipients were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Eastern. In 2019-2020 about 79% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Bellarmine University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree nursing programs. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Louisville, Kentucky, and it awarded 2 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
Bellarmine U does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 38% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Kentucky State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. KY State is located in Frankfort, Kentucky and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at KY State. In 2019-2020 about 59% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #10, Spalding University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree.
Online graduate courses are available at Spalding, 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 65% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 10 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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