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2023 Most Popular Online Doctor's Degree Schools in Connecticut

4 Schools Ranked

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Doctor's Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Connecticut 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.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#1

American Sentinel University

Aurora, Connecticut
103 Total Awards
$6,920 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named American Sentinel University the most popular school in Connecticut for students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in Aurora, Connecticut, the small private for-profit school handed out 103 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.

Around 93% of those degree recipients were women.

Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out American Sentinel University. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

Full American Sentinel University Report

#2

Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, Connecticut
109 Total Awards

You’ll be in good company if you attend Sacred Heart University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list. This medium-sized private not-for-profit school is located in Fairfield, Connecticut, and it awarded 109 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 65% were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 64% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Full Sacred Heart University Report

#3

Western Connecticut State University

Danbury, Connecticut
10 Total Awards
$13,253 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you attend Western Connecticut State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Online Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list. WestConn is located in Danbury, Connecticut and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.

Of those students who received their degree, 90% were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 92% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Full Western Connecticut State University Report

#4

University of Saint Joseph

West Hartford, Connecticut
77 Total Awards
$15,264 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Saint Joseph landed the # 4 spot on the list. USJ is a small private not-for-profit school situated in West Hartford, Connecticut. It awarded 77 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 74% were women.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 21% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

Full University of Saint Joseph Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

References

  • 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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