2023 Most Popular Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky
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The Most Popular Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in Kentucky to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular 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 Kentucky
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Our 2023 rankings named University of Kentucky the most popular school in Kentucky for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in Lexington, Kentucky, the large public school handed out 457 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 61% were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UK. In fact, around 57% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you attend University of Louisville. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list. UofL is located in Louisville, Kentucky and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 336 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 51% were women.
UofL does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 68% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Frontier Nursing University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Hyden, Kentucky, and it awarded 181 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 92% were women.
If you are interested in distance education, Frontier Nursing University is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
Out of the 13 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Kentucky University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in Highland Heights, Kentucky, the fairly large public school handed out 82 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 87% were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at NKU. In 2019-2020 about 96% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Bellarmine University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 78 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 67% were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Bellarmine U. During the 2019-2020 year, about 38% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Sullivan 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 #6 on the list. Louisville, Kentucky is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out doctor’s degrees to 63 students in 2020-2021.
Around 70% of those degree recipients were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Sullivan University. In 2019-2020 about 54% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #7, University of Pikeville did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree. UPIKE is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pikeville, Kentucky. The school has a small population, and it awarded 194 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 46% were women.
Online graduate courses are available at UPIKE, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 12% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Western Kentucky University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. WKU is a public institution located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 53 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 74% were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at WKU. In 2019-2020 about 81% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Murray State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree healthcare programs. Murray, Kentucky is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctor’s degrees to 29 students in 2020-2021.
Around 83% of those degree recipients were women.
Murray State does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 60% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Eastern Kentucky University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. Eastern is located in Richmond, Kentucky and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 27 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 93% were women.
Online graduate courses are available at Eastern, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 79% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #11, Spalding University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Spalding. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 65% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Kentucky State University ranked #12 on this year’s Most Popular Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky list. Frankfort, Kentucky is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctor’s degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at KY State. In fact, around 59% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of the Cumberlands came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking.
Cumberlands does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 99% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 13 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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