Best Online Doctoral Programs Ranked by OnlineCollegePlan

BOSTON, Jan. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Doctoral degrees are the pinnacle of educational achievement and open up professional doors across the board. Because of the educational climate today, things like cost and time can deter students who would otherwise have a strong desire to continue to learn. However, a new feature at many schools is the option to earn these degrees online. Earning a degree online can make it faster, less costly, and more flexible. OnlineCollegePlan investigated online doctorate degree programs and ranked the best in the country in their article, the Top 20 Online Colleges With Doctoral Programs. You can read it at this URL: https://www.onlinecollegeplan.com/best-online-doctoral-programs/

Schools are ranked with the iron-clad methodology that OnlineCollegePlan employs, sourcing a variety of reputable data sources. The research editor, Zack Dawson, went to great care to put the schools into a broad perspective. You can read about the history, the accomplishments, and the academics of each college and university. The doctoral programs available at each school are also summed up concisely, making this ranking a great tool for prospective students. The universities ranked are spread across across the country and offer degrees in nursing, education, occupational therapy, behavioral analysis, and more. There are a broad range of online doctoral programs out there now, and all of these are among the best.

Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee took the top spot in this ranking with an overall score of 189 points out of a possible 200, a sum of its Freshman Retention Rate (97%) and its Graduation Rate (92%). The online program Vanderbilt was featured for is Doctor of Education or EdD degree that can be completed entirely online except for a once annual immersion and a capstone project.

All of the schools that ranked in the article are as follows, in descending order.

20. Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA)

19. Endicott College (Beverly, MA)

18. University of Massachusetts Amherst (Amherst, MA)

17. Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis (Indianapolis, IN)

16. Indiana University-Bloomington (Bloomington, IN)

15. Creighton University (Omaha, NB)

14. North Carolina State University at Raleigh (Raleigh, NC)

13. University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)

12. Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)

11. Clemson University (Clemson, SC)

10. George Washington University (Washington, DC)

9. Apex School of Theology (Durham, NC)

8. Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)

7. Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)

6. Boston University (Boston, MA)

5. Northeastern University (Boston, MA)

4. University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)

3. University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

2. Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)

1. Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)

Zack Dawson, Research Editor
https://www.onlinecollegeplan.com
[email protected] 
864-245-0751

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