2023 Best Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools
Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamp with offerings that you might find attractive.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 438 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for teaching students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.
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Top Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in the United States
Learn more about these excellent schools below:
Our analysis found Claremont Graduate University to be the best school for teaching students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States.
Online graduate courses are available at Claremont Graduate University, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 67% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best teaching schools in the United States.
Northwestern does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 2% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Out of the 438 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Brandman University landed the # 3 spot on the list.
Since the graduate programs at Brandman are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
Out of the 438 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the # 4 spot on the list.
UPenn does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 74% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UW Seattle. During the 2019-2020 year, about 7% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Harvard University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree teaching programs.
One thing to take note of is that Harvard does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 96% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
University of West Georgia ranked #7 on this year’s Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools list.
Online graduate courses are available at University of West Georgia, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 95% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Johns Hopkins University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list.
Johns Hopkins does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In fact, around 85% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of California - Santa Cruz landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree teaching programs.
One thing to take note of is that UC Santa Cruz does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 72% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #10, Teachers College at Columbia University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Teachers College. During the 2019-2020 year, about 98% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Concordia University, Irvine came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.
If you are interested in distance education, Concordia University, Irvine is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
Stanford University ranked #12 on this year’s Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools list.
Stanford does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 10% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #13, Centenary University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Centenary. During the 2019-2020 year, about 94% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Loyola Marymount University ranked #14 on this year’s Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools list.
Since the graduate programs at Loyola Marymount are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
New York University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.
NYU does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 79% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #16, Old Dominion University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Old Dominion. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 82% took at least some of their classes online.
University of St Francis did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #17 on the list.
One thing to take note of is that University of Saint Francis does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 89% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of Delaware did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #18 on the list.
Online graduate courses are available at UD, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 81% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Winona State University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.
One thing to take note of is that Winona State does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 66% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of Washington - Tacoma Campus came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.
One thing to take note of is that UW Tacoma does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 4% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Lehigh University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #21 on the list.
One thing to take note of is that Lehigh does offer online graduate classes in some areas. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 24% took at least some of their classes online.
University of Maryland - College Park came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.
UMCP does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 75% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #23, Gwynedd Mercy University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.
Since the graduate programs at Gwynedd - Mercy are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
Russell Sage College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #24 on the list.
Russel Sage does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 61% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Purdue University - Main Campus came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.
One thing to take note of is that Purdue does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 60% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Rest of the Top 50 Best Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in the United States
Not only did these schools make the top 50 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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Rest of the Top 15% Best Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in the United States
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| Rank | School | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | Minnesota State University - Moorhead | Moorhead, MN |
| 52 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Champaign, IL |
| 53 | Edgewood College | Madison, WI |
| 54 | Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY |
| 55 | National Louis University | Chicago, IL |
| 56 | McKendree University | Lebanon, IL |
| 57 | Saint Joseph’s University | Philadelphia, PA |
| 58 | Piedmont College | Demorest, GA |
| 59 | Texas A&M University - College Station | College Station, TX |
| 60 | University of Redlands | Redlands, CA |
| 61 | California State University - Sacramento | Sacramento, CA |
| 62 | Boston College | Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 63 | San Diego State University | San Diego, CA |
| 64 | Salisbury University | Salisbury, MD |
| 65 | Aurora University | Aurora, IL |
| 66 | Saint Mary’s College of California | Moraga, CA |
Honorable Mentions
These schools also performed well in our best teaching schools ranking:
Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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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