2023 Best Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania
Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. 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, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 24 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs 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 Pennsylvania
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Our 2023 rankings named University of Pennsylvania the best school in Pennsylvania for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UPenn. During the 2019-2020 year, about 74% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Out of the 24 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehigh University landed the # 2 spot on the list.
Online graduate courses are available at Lehigh, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 24% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gwynedd Mercy University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.
Since the graduate programs at Gwynedd - Mercy are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
Out of the 24 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Wilkes University landed the # 4 spot on the list.
One thing to take note of is that Wilkes does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 97% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Out of the 24 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Joseph’s University landed the # 5 spot on the list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at St. Joe’s. In fact, around 94% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
West Chester University of Pennsylvania ranked #6 on this year’s Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at WCUPA. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 98% took at least some of their classes online.
Duquesne 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 #7 on the list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Duquesne. In fact, around 72% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
California University of Pennsylvania 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 Cal U. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 90% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #9, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at SRU. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 94% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.
One thing to take note of is that Pitt does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 16% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Holy Family University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking.
Holy Family 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 99% took at least some of their classes online.
Millersville University of Pennsylvania came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking.
Millersville 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 97% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree teaching programs.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Kutztown University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 85% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #14, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.
Online graduate courses are available at Ship, 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.
Arcadia University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking.
One thing to take note of is that Arcadia does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 67% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #16, Cabrini 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 Cabrini University. In fact, around 87% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Drexel University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking.
Drexel does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 85% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Temple University landed the #18 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree teaching programs.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Temple. In fact, around 72% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at East Stroudsburg University. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 48% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #20, Widener University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.
One thing to take note of is that Widener does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 100% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Immaculata University landed the #21 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree teaching programs.
Online graduate courses are available at Immaculata, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 87% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus landed the #22 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 IUP. In fact, around 35% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Point Park University ranked #23 on this year’s Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Point Park does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 85% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #24, Neumann 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 Neumann does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 56% 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 24 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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