2023 Most Popular Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi
A nursing student has lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Most Popular Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Mississippi 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 Mississippi
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Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern Mississippi the most popular school in Mississippi for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Southern Miss is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 31 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 71% were women.
Online graduate courses are available at Southern Miss, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 86% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Mississippi is a great place for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. University of Mississippi is a large public school located in University, Mississippi that handed out 10 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 80% of those degree recipients were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Ole Miss. In 2019-2020 about 24% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Out of the 5 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Alcorn State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Alcorn State is located in Alcorn State, Mississippi and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Alcorn State. During the 2019-2020 year, about 92% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delta State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list. Delta State University is a public institution located in Cleveland, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Delta State University. In 2019-2020 about 97% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Mississippi University for Women. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list. Located in Columbus, Mississippi, the small public school handed out 2 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at MUW. In fact, around 80% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 5 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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