2023 Most Popular Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in Alabama
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The Most Popular Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in Alabama ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 12 schools in Alabama to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
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Most Popular Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in Alabama
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Our 2023 rankings named University of Alabama at Birmingham the most popular school in Alabama for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree. University of Alabama at Birmingham is a large public school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 481 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 60% were women.
UAB does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 58% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Out of the 12 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Samford University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Samford University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 292 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 75% were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Samford. In fact, around 53% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Out of the 12 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Alabama landed the # 3 spot on the list. USA is located in Mobile, Alabama and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 252 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Around 77% of those degree recipients were women.
USA does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 75% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Out of the 12 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Auburn is a public institution located in Auburn, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 171 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 69% of those degree recipients were women.
Auburn does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 35% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at The University of Alabama helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular healthcare schools in Alabama. The University of Alabama is a large public school located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that handed out 42 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 83% were women.
UA does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 71% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of Alabama in Huntsville came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama ranking. Huntsville, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctor’s degrees to 37 students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 86% were women.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UAH. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 88% took at least some of their classes online.
Alabama State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama ranking. Alabama State is a small public school situated in Montgomery, Alabama. It awarded 24 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 58% were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Alabama State. In 2019-2020 about 91% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Troy University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for healthcare students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. TROY is located in Troy, Alabama and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Around 92% of those degree recipients were women.
TROY 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 77% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Jacksonville State University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama list. Jacksonville State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Jacksonville, Alabama. It awarded 13 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Jacksonville State University. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 93% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #10, Amridge University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree. This very small private not-for-profit school is located in Montgomery, Alabama, and it awarded 5 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 60% were women.
Amridge is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
With a ranking of #10, University of Mobile did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in Mobile, Alabama, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out University of Mobile. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Auburn University at Montgomery landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree healthcare programs. Montgomery, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctor’s degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
AUM 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 77% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 12 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%.
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