2024 Best Nursing Practice Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
20
Colleges in the Plains States Region
705
Doctor's Degrees
If you pursue a doctor's degree in
nursing practice, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #7 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 20 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of nursing practice. Combined, these schools handed out 705 doctor's degrees in nursing practice to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Nursing Practice School for Your Doctor's Degree
The nursing practice doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality nursing practice program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to nursing practice students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of nursing practice students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized nursing practice related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for nursing practice students working on their doctor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Nursing Practice Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Nursing Practice Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.