2023 Best Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina
There are so many healthcare 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. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in North Carolina to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for healthcare students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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Top Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina
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Our 2023 rankings named Wake Forest University the best school in North Carolina for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Wake Forest University. 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.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Duke. In 2019-2020 about 2% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best healthcare schools in North Carolina.
UNC Chapel Hill does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 77% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Elon University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.
Out of the 17 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, High Point University landed the # 5 spot on the list.
High Point does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 12% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of North Carolina at Wilmington 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 #6 on the list.
One thing to take note of is that UNCW does offer online graduate classes in some areas. 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.
Wingate University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree healthcare programs.
One thing to take note of is that Wingate does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 18% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree healthcare programs.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UNC Charlotte. In 2019-2020 about 82% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Lenoir - Rhyne University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking.
Lenoir - Rhyne University 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 42% took at least some of their classes online.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking.
UNC Greensboro does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 80% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Campbell University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking.
Online graduate courses are available at Campbell, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 4% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Winston - Salem State University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at WSSU. 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.
East Carolina 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 #13 on the list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at ECU. During the 2019-2020 year, about 80% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Western Carolina University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking.
Online graduate courses are available at WCU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 87% took at least some of their classes online.
North Carolina A & T State 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 #15 on the list.
NC A&T 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. 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.
Gardner - Webb University ranked #16 on this year’s Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Gardner - Webb does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. 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.
Methodist 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 #17 on the list.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 17 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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