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2023 Most Popular Online Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in Iowa

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It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in Iowa ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Iowa to see which online doctor's degree programs were the most popular for healthcare 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

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
452 Total Awards
$12,065 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Iowa to be the most popular school for healthcare students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Iowa. Iowa is a large public school situated in Iowa City, Iowa. It awarded 452 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 58% were women.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 33% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

Full University of Iowa Report

#2

Morningside College

Sioux City, Iowa
6 Total Awards

You’ll be in good company if you attend Morningside College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list. Morningside is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sioux City, Iowa. It awarded 6 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.

If you are interested in distance education, Morningside is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.

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#3

Allen College

Waterloo, Iowa
5 Total Awards
$18,908 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you attend Allen College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list. Located in Waterloo, Iowa, the very small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.

Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.

In 2019-2020 about 78% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#4

Briar Cliff University

Sioux City, Iowa
34 Total Awards
$10,530 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Briar Cliff University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list. Briar Cliff is located in Sioux City, Iowa and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 34 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.

Of those students who received their degree, 59% were women.

Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 64% took at least some of their classes online.

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2 Total Awards
$11,187 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Graceland University - Lamoni landed the # 5 spot on the list. Graceland Lamoni is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lamoni, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.

Graceland Lamoni is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

Full Graceland University - Lamoni Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 5 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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