2023 Best Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
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The Best Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 145 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students.
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Top Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region of the U.S.
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Our analysis found Princeton University to be the best school for students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Middle Atlantic Region .
Princeton does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 53% took at least some of their classes online.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Carnegie Mellon University is a great place for students working on their doctor’s degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Carnegie Mellon does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 6% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
UPenn does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 74% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Georgetown University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in the Middle Atlantic Region .
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Georgetown. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Out of the 145 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The Graduate Center, CUNY landed the # 5 spot on the list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at The Graduate Center. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 100% took at least some of their classes online.
Cornell University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree programs.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Cornell. In 2019-2020 about 85% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Centenary University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree programs.
Centenary does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 94% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Teachers College at Columbia University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
One thing to take note of is that Teachers College does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 98% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Lehigh University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Lehigh. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 24% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Gwynedd Mercy University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree programs.
Gwynedd - Mercy is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
With a ranking of #11, Wilkes University did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their doctor’s degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Wilkes. During the 2019-2020 year, about 97% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Thomas Jefferson University ranked #12 on this year’s Best Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Thomas Jefferson University. In fact, around 65% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of Scranton ranked #13 on this year’s Best Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at University of Scranton. In fact, around 93% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #14, Ithaca College did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their doctor’s degree.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Ithaca. In 2019-2020 about 99% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #15, West Chester University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their doctor’s degree.
One thing to take note of is that WCUPA does offer online graduate classes in some areas. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 98% took at least some of their classes online.
New York University landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree programs.
Online graduate courses are available at NYU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 79% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #17, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their doctor’s degree.
With a ranking of #18, Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their doctor’s degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Columbia. In 2019-2020 about 91% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #19 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree programs.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at RIT. During the 2019-2020 year, about 72% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #20, Gannon University did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their doctor’s degree.
Online graduate courses are available at Gannon, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 55% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of Maryland - College Park ranked #21 on this year’s Best Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UMCP does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 75% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #22, Arcadia University did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their doctor’s degree.
One thing to take note of is that Arcadia does offer online graduate classes in some areas. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 67% took at least some of their classes online.
Wagner College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #23 on the list.
Moravian College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #24 on the list.
One thing to take note of is that Moravian does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 94% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
New Jersey City University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #25 on the list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at NJCU. During the 2019-2020 year, about 98% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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Honorable Mentions
These schools also performed well in our best schools ranking:
| Rank | School | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD |
| 27 | Saint Joseph’s University | Philadelphia, PA |
| 28 | Marist College | Poughkeepsie, NY |
| 29 | Chatham University | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 30 | Drew University | Madison, NJ |
Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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%.
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