2023 Best Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Best Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 42 schools in the Plains States Region 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 the Plains States Region of the U.S.
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Our 2023 rankings named Winona State University the best school in the Plains States Region for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Winona State. In 2019-2020 about 66% 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 Creighton University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
Creighton 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 50% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Drake University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best teaching schools in the Plains States Region .
One thing to take note of is that Drake does offer online graduate classes in some areas. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 80% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Minnesota State University - Moorhead helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best teaching schools in the Plains States Region .
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at MSU Moorhead. During the 2019-2020 year, about 84% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
Online graduate courses are available at UNI, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 67% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #6, North Dakota State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.
North Dakota State University does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 20% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
University of St Thomas Minnesota landed the #7 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 UST MN does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 80% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
College of Saint Mary ranked #8 on this year’s Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
Online graduate courses are available at Saint Mary, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 38% took at least some of their classes online.
Iowa State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
Iowa State 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 54% took at least some of their classes online.
University of Iowa 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 #10 on the list.
Iowa does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 33% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of Mary came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
One thing to take note of is that UMary does offer online graduate classes in some areas. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 80% took at least some of their classes online.
Wichita State University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at WSU. In fact, around 37% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Hamline University landed the #14 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 Hamline does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 78% took at least some of their classes online.
Doane University ranked #15 on this year’s Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
Doane Crete does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 10% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Saint Cloud State University landed the #16 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 St. Cloud State University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 43% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Bethel University Minnesota landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree teaching programs.
Bethel University Minnesota does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 79% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of Missouri - Columbia came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Mizzou. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 67% took at least some of their classes online.
Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the #19 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree teaching programs.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Maryville U. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 91% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of North Dakota ranked #20 on this year’s Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
UND 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 71% took at least some of their classes online.
Concordia University, Saint Paul landed the #21 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 Concordia University, Saint Paul does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 94% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #22, University of Nebraska - Lincoln 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 UNL. 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.
Kansas State University ranked #23 on this year’s Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at K -State. In 2019-2020 about 52% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
William Woods University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at William Woods. In 2019-2020 about 42% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Saint Louis University came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since SLU does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 57% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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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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