2023 Most Popular Online Doctor's Degree Schools in Georgia
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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Doctor's Degree Schools in Georgia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 11 schools in Georgia to see which ones had the most popular online doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
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Most Popular Online Doctor's Degree Schools in Georgia
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Our 2023 rankings named South University’s online programs the most popular school in Georgia for students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in Savannah, Georgia, the medium-sized private for-profit school awarded 71 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 82% were women.
Since the graduate programs at South University’s online programs are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Valdosta State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list. Valdosta State University is a fairly large public school located in Valdosta, Georgia that handed out 55 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 75% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 90% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of West Georgia is a great place for students working on their doctor’s degree. This fairly large public school is located in Carrollton, Georgia, and it awarded 30 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 70% were women.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 95% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Georgia State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in Georgia. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, the large public school handed out 489 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Around 59% of those degree recipients were women.
In 2019-2020 about 71% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Georgia College & State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list. Georgia College is located in Milledgeville, Georgia and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 96% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kennesaw State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia list. Located in Kennesaw, Georgia, the large public school awarded 38 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Around 66% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 88% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Georgia Southern University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia ranking. Georgia Southern University is a large public school located in Statesboro, Georgia that handed out 116 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 69% of those degree recipients were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 74% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #8, University of North Georgia did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for students working on their doctor’s degree. University of North Georgia is a fairly large public school located in Dahlonega, Georgia that handed out 47 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 74% were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 66% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Beulah Heights University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. BHU is a very small private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 2 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the graduate programs at BHU are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
Brenau University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree programs. Gainesville, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctor’s degrees to 46 students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 67% were women.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 56% took at least some of their classes online.
Middle Georgia State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #11 on the list.
If you are interested in distance education, Middle Georgia State University is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 11 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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