2024 Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Idaho

If you pursue a doctor's degree in nursing, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #5 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Idaho ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 29 doctor's degrees in nursing during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other nursing students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How much debt nursing students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized nursing related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for nursing students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Nursing Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Idaho ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Nursing in Idaho

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in nursing.

Top Idaho Schools for a Doctorate in Nursing

1

Boise State University
Boise, ID

6 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Boise State University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in nursing. Boise State is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Boise.More information about a doctorate in nursing from Boise State University

2

Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID

23 Annual Graduates

$106,294 Median Starting Salary

Idaho State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in nursing. Located in the city of Pocatello, ISU is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their doctorate from the nursing program state that they receive average early career income of $106,294.

More information about a doctorate in nursing from Idaho State University

 

Best Nursing Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Nursing Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	123	166
Utah	104	145
Montana	37	26
Wyoming	32	8

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Rankings in Majors Related to Nursing

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Nursing Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Practice	29

Most Popular Majors Related to Nursing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	84
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	45
Allied Health Professions	8
Communication Sciences	7
Mental & Social Health Services	7

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle. More about our data sources and methodologies.