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

4 Colleges
$115,233 Avg Salary

Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was the most popular one in Minnesota. In total, 5,809 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Minnesota.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Minnesota ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Minnesota 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for nursing majors pursuing an online doctor's degree.

#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Capella University is a great place for nursing students working on their online doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 94% of the nursing majors at the school.

Read full report on Nursing at Capella University

The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at Winona State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Minnesota. Winona State is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Winona.

Full Nursing at Winona State University Report

The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at Rasmussen University - Minnesota helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Minnesota. Located in the city of St. Cloud, Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Explore all the Most Popular Nursing Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 2,207
Iowa 462
Kansas 311
Nebraska 414
North Dakota 100
South Dakota 94

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One of 29 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 4 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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