2023 Best Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
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The Best Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 63 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for teaching students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school us, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.
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Top Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region of the U.S.
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Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in the Great Lakes Region for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Northwestern. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 2% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of St Francis. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at University of Saint Francis. During the 2019-2020 year, about 89% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Purdue University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best teaching schools in the Great Lakes Region .
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Purdue. During the 2019-2020 year, about 60% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Olivet Nazarene University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
One thing to take note of is that Olivet Nazarene does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 97% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Concordia University, Chicago. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Concordia University, Chicago does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 98% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 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 #6 on the list.
Online graduate courses are available at UIUC, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 90% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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Edgewood College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree teaching programs.
Edgewood 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 58% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
National Louis 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.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at NLU. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 59% took at least some of their classes online.
McKendree University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree teaching programs.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at McKendree. During the 2019-2020 year, about 68% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Aurora University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
One thing to take note of is that Aurora does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 87% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Illinois State 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 #11 on the list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Illinois State does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 81% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #12, Northern Illinois University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.
NIU 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 43% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse ranked #13 on this year’s Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
Online graduate courses are available at UW - La Crosse, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 88% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of Wisconsin - Stout ranked #14 on this year’s Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
UW - Stout 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. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 85% took at least some of their classes online.
Lewis 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 #15 on the list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Lewis. During the 2019-2020 year, about 85% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Cardinal Stritch University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
Cardinal Stritch 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 70% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree teaching programs.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at SIUC. 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.
Indiana University - Bloomington came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at IU Bloomington. During the 2019-2020 year, about 74% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #19, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UW - Stevens Point does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 88% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Western Illinois University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
WIU 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 71% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #21, Ball State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Ball State does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 91% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Xavier University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Xavier. In 2019-2020 about 46% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
University of Illinois at Chicago 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 #23 on the list.
One thing to take note of is that UIC does offer online graduate classes in some areas. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 95% took at least some of their classes online.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #24 on this year’s Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at U-M. 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.
Marquette 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 #25 on the list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Marquette. In 2019-2020 about 58% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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Notes and References
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*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%.
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