2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Finding the Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor's Degree School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in the United States with 39,944 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 18 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular online doctor's degree programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for nursing majors pursuing an online doctor's degree.
Top 10 Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Grand Canyon University to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue an online doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.
About 90% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 10% are male.
Out of the 18 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Arlington landed the # 2 spot on the list. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the large city of Arlington.
Women make up 94% of the nursing majors at the school.
The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at Aspen University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in the Southwest Region . Aspen University is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.
Women make up 84% of the nursing majors at the school.
The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at Midwestern University - Glendale helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in the Southwest Region . Midwestern University - Glendale is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Glendale.
Women make up 60% of the nursing majors at the school.
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The in-demand online doctor’s degree programs at Abilene Christian University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Abilene, Abilene Christian is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public school with a fairly large student population.
About 80% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 20% are male.
University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online doctor’s degree nursing programs. Located in the city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
About 93% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 7% are male.
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Texas Woman’s University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for nursing students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Of the 25 students majoring in nursing at TWU, 12% are male and 88% are female.
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Corpus Christi, Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a public school with a large student population.
Texas Christian University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 66% of the nursing majors at the school.
Most Popular Online Nursing Colleges by State
Explore the most popular online nursing colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Texas | 21,862 |
Arizona | 12,966 |
Oklahoma | 3,009 |
New Mexico | 1,390 |
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Nursing Related Majors
One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.
Nursing Concentrations
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Health & Medical Administrative Services | 89,359 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 84,492 |
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Allied Health Professions | 82,308 |
Public Health | 40,596 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 18 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).
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