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2023 Most Popular Online Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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$77,195 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 199,724 education students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #3 most popular in the country.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 25 schools in the Plains States Region to see which online doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Education Doctor's Degree Colleges.

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Capella University the most popular online school in the Plains States Region for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

About 82% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 18% are male.

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#3

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Creighton University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Creighton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.

About 57% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 43% are male.

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The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at William Woods University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the town of Fulton, William Woods is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 71% of the education majors at the school.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means A T Still University of Health Sciences is a great place for education students working on their online doctor’s degree. Located in the remote town of Kirksville, A T Still University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 73% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 27% are male.

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University of Missouri - Columbia ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

Women make up 64% of the education majors at the school.

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Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for education students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Nebraska Methodist College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.

Women make up 74% of the education majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #7, Maryville University of Saint Louis did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their online doctor’s degree. Maryville U is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

About 72% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 28% are male.

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#9

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

University of Kansas came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 69% of the education majors at the school.

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Explore the most popular online education schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 2,994
Missouri 4,657
Minnesota 6,976
Iowa 1,401
North Dakota 619
Nebraska 2,838
South Dakota 453

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Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784
Student Counseling 13,840
Instructional Media Design 8,387
Teaching English or French 4,743
Other Education 2,513
Multilingual Education 1,672
Educational Assessment 1,215
Education Philosophy 421
International Education 257
Teaching Assistants 20

Related Major Annual Graduates
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Horadrim.

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