2023 Most Popular Online Business Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for business students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamps with offerings that you might find attractive.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Business Degree Central has created its Most Popular Online Business Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the Southwest Region to see which online doctor's degree programs were the most popular for business students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
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Most Popular Online Business Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region of the U.S.
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Our analysis found University of Phoenix - Arizona to be the most popular school for business students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . University of Phoenix - Arizona is a large private for-profit school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 166 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 54% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 99% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you attend American InterContinental University - Online. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Business Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in Schaumburg, Arizona, the fairly large private for-profit school handed out 40 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Around 45% of those degree recipients were women.
AIU Online is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Out of the 7 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, the large private for-profit school handed out 22 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Around 32% of those degree recipients were women.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 96% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the Incarnate Word. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Business Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 10 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Around 40% of those degree recipients were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 91% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you attend University of the Southwest. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Business Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in Hobbs, New Mexico, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Around 60% of those degree recipients were women.
Since the graduate programs at USW are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
Hardin - Simmons University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Hardin - Simmons is located in Abilene, Texas and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 40% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Wayland Baptist University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Business Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Wayland Baptist University is located in Plainview, Texas and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 90% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 7 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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