2024 Best Registered Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
10
Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
187
Doctor's Degrees
If you pursue a doctor's degree in
registered nursing, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #25 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 10 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for registered nursing students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 187 doctor's degrees in registered nursing during the 2020-2021 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Registered Nursing School for Your Doctor's Degree
The registered nursing doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. 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 consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different 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 registered nursing students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of registered nursing 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 registered nursing related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for registered nursing students working on their doctor's degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Registered Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Featured Registered Nursing Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.