2023 Most Popular Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right 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. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in Missouri 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 Missouri
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Our 2023 rankings named A T Still University of Health Sciences the most popular school in Missouri for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree. A T Still University of Health Sciences is located in Kirksville, Missouri and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 736 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 59% were women.
A T Still University of Health Sciences is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Missouri - Kansas City helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular healthcare schools in Missouri. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, the fairly large public school handed out 411 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 59% were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UMKC does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 66% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Out of the 15 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the # 3 spot on the list. Mizzou is a large public school situated in Columbia, Missouri. It awarded 290 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 64% of those degree recipients were women.
Mizzou does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 67% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Saint Louis University is a great place for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 282 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 58% of those degree recipients were women.
Online graduate courses are available at SLU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 57% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Out of the 15 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, the very small private not-for-profit school handed out 238 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 62% were women.
UHSP 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 13% took at least some of their classes online.
Logan University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. Logan University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chesterfield, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 222 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 40% were women.
Logan 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. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 78% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #7, Washington University in St Louis did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctor’s degrees to 203 students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 63% were women.
WUSTL does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 72% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree healthcare programs. Missouri State is a large public school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 149 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 64% of those degree recipients were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Missouri State. During the 2019-2020 year, about 72% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Maryville University of Saint Louis came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. Maryville U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 122 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 84% of those degree recipients were women.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Maryville U. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 91% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of Missouri - St Louis ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. UMSL is a fairly large public school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 88 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 76% of those degree recipients were women.
UMSL 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 71% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Southwest Baptist University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. Southwest Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bolivar, Missouri. It awarded 77 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 51% of those degree recipients were women.
Online graduate courses are available at Southwest Baptist University, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 47% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Rockhurst University landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree healthcare programs. Rockhurst is a private not-for-profit institution located in Kansas City, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 47 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 68% were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Rockhurst. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 80% took at least some of their classes online.
Webster University landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree healthcare programs. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 41 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 66% were women.
Webster does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 61% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #14, Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree. Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College is a very small private not-for-profit school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 5 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 80% of those degree recipients were women.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Goldfarb School of Nursing. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
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With a ranking of #14, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
MBTS 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 50% took at least some of their classes online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 15 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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