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2023 Most Popular Online Business Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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It's not easy to decide which business program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Plains States 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.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota
166 Total Awards

Out of the 4 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the large private for-profit school handed out 166 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.

Around 63% of those degree recipients were women.

Capella University is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

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#3

Bellevue University

Bellevue, Nebraska
10 Total Awards
$11,730 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Bellevue University is a great place for business students working on their doctor’s degree. Bellevue University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Bellevue, Nebraska. It awarded 10 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 40% were women.

In 2019-2020 about 99% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#4

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
17 Total Awards
$11,225 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. K -State is a large public school situated in Manhattan, Kansas. It awarded 17 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 35% of those degree recipients were women.

Around 52% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 4 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%.

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