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2023 Most Popular Online Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia

8 Schools Ranked

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamps with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Most Popular Online Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Virginia to see which online doctor's degree programs were the most popular for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia
387 Total Awards
$8,360 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Liberty University the most popular school in Virginia for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree. Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 387 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.

Of those students who received their degree, 69% were women.

In 2019-2020 about 97% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#2

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, Virginia
61 Total Awards
$13,224 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Old Dominion University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. Located in Norfolk, Virginia, the large public school handed out 61 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.

Around 75% of those degree recipients were women.

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.

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#3

Hampton University

Hampton, Virginia
12 Total Awards
$13,134 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hampton University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. Hampton, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctor’s degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 75% were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 27% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Full Hampton University Report

#4

Virginia State University

Petersburg, Virginia
7 Total Awards
$11,989 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. Located in Petersburg, Virginia, the small public school handed out 7 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 71% were women.

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#5

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia
26 Total Awards
$20,906 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 8 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in Charlottesville, Virginia, the large public school awarded 26 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 69% were women.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 75% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#6

Marymount University

Arlington, Virginia
$21,016 Average Tuition & Fees

Marymount University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia ranking.

Around 68% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#6

Radford University

Radford, Virginia
$12,535 Average Tuition & Fees

Radford University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia ranking.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 87% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

Full Radford University Report

#6

Eastern Virginia Medical School

Norfolk, Virginia
$22,901 Average Tuition & Fees

Eastern Virginia Medical School did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for teaching students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list.

In 2019-2020 about 17% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 8 schools only.

References

  • 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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