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Most Popular Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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2023 Most Popular Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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Finding the Best Nursing Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was ranked 5th in District of Columbia. In fact, 534 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

The Most Popular Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in District of Columbia to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Nursing program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for nursing majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

#1

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Our 2023 rankings named Georgetown University the most popular school in District of Columbia for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

About 86% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 14% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means George Washington University is a great place for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

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

Full Nursing at George Washington University Report

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Catholic University of America helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in District of Columbia. Located in the large city of Washington, CUA is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 8 students majoring in nursing at CUA, 25% are male and 75% are female.

Read full report on Nursing at Catholic University of America

Best Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 3,148
Pennsylvania 2,683
Maryland 922
New Jersey 691
Delaware 174

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 3 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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