2023 Best Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools
Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamp that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 506 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for healthcare students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school us, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.
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Top Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in the United States
Learn more about these excellent schools below:
Our analysis found Stanford University to be the best school for healthcare students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Stanford. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 10% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Out of the 506 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Christian University landed the # 2 spot on the list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since TCU does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 82% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Out of the 506 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the # 3 spot on the list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Brown. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 59% took at least some of their classes online.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great place for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Northwestern. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 2% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Mount Marty University is a great place for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree.
Mount Marty 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. During the 2019-2020 year, about 91% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Villanova University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.
Online graduate courses are available at Villanova, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 89% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Auburn University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree healthcare programs.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Auburn. During the 2019-2020 year, about 35% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #8, University of Puget Sound did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree.
University of Southern California did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for healthcare students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list.
One thing to take note of is that USC does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 82% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of Chicago ranked #10 on this year’s Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools list.
Vanderbilt University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Vanderbilt does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. 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.
Wilkes University landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree healthcare programs.
One thing to take note of is that Wilkes does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 97% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Dartmouth College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Dartmouth. During the 2019-2020 year, about 57% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Point Loma Nazarene University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since PLNU does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 56% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Texas Wesleyan University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Texas Wesleyan does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 59% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Thomas Jefferson University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for healthcare students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #16 on the list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Thomas Jefferson University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 65% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Indiana University - Bloomington did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for healthcare students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #17 on the list.
IU Bloomington does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 74% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The University of Texas at Austin ranked #18 on this year’s Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UT Austin does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 66% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Harvard University ranked #19 on this year’s Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools list.
Harvard 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. In fact, around 96% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #20, University of California - Los Angeles did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UCLA does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 79% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Wake Forest University came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Wake Forest University. In fact, around 67% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for healthcare students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #22 on the list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Texas A&M College Station. In fact, around 23% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #23, University of Scranton did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at University of Scranton. In 2019-2020 about 93% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
University of Colorado Boulder landed the #24 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree healthcare programs.
One thing to take note of is that CU - Boulder does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 62% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of Pennsylvania ranked #25 on this year’s Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UPenn. 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.
Rest of the Top 50 Best Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in the United States
Not only did these schools make the top 50 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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Rest of the Top 15% Best Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in the United States
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Honorable Mentions
These schools also performed well in our best healthcare schools ranking:
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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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