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

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$115,233 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, nursing students earned 2,017 degrees and certificates from a Kentucky school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Kentucky 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.

Check out the online nursing doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Kentucky.

Our 2023 rankings named Frontier Nursing University the most popular online school in Kentucky for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the rural area of Hyden, Frontier Nursing University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 92% of the nursing majors at the school.

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#2

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northern Kentucky University is a great place for nursing students working on their online doctor’s degree. NKU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Highland Heights.

Women make up 87% of the nursing majors at the school.

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#3

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Out of the 5 online programs at schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the # 3 spot on the list. UK is a very large public school located in the large city of Lexington.

Of the 33 students majoring in nursing at UK, 3% are male and 97% are female.

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The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at Eastern Kentucky University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Kentucky. Located in the town of Richmond, Eastern is a public school with a large student population.

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

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#5

Kentucky State University

Frankfort, KY

The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at Kentucky State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Kentucky. KY State is a small public school located in the town of Frankfort.

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Best Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 1,110
Florida 3,074
Georgia 1,685
North Carolina 1,399
Tennessee 1,589
Louisiana 520
Alabama 2,641
South Carolina 468
Mississippi 262
Arkansas 299
West Virginia 184

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Nursing is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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 Aleksahgabrielle.

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