2023 Most Popular Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky
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To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Most Popular Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in Kentucky to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
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Most Popular Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky
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Our 2023 rankings named University of the Cumberlands the most popular school in Kentucky for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree. Cumberlands is a private not-for-profit institution located in Williamsburg, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 94 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 67% were women.
Cumberlands 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 99% took at least some of their classes online.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Kentucky is a great place for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree. University of Kentucky is a large public school located in Lexington, Kentucky that handed out 47 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 57% of those degree recipients were women.
UK 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 57% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Louisville helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teaching schools in Kentucky. UofL is a public institution located in Louisville, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 35 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 57% were women.
UofL 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 68% took at least some of their classes online.
Out of the 11 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Kentucky University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Northern Kentucky University is a fairly large public school located in Highland Heights, Kentucky that handed out 21 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 86% were women.
NKU 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, 96% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Out of the 11 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Murray State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. This medium-sized public school is located in Murray, Kentucky, and it awarded 18 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 78% were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Murray State. 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.
Morehead State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree teaching programs. Morehead State University is a public institution located in Morehead, Kentucky. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 17 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 71% were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Morehead State University. In fact, around 96% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Eastern Kentucky University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. Eastern Kentucky University is a fairly large public school located in Richmond, Kentucky that handed out 15 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 33% were women.
Eastern 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 79% took at least some of their classes online.
Bellarmine University 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 #8 on the list. Bellarmine U is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Louisville, Kentucky. It awarded 13 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 77% were women.
Bellarmine U 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 38% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #9, Western Kentucky University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the fairly large public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Around 50% of those degree recipients were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at WKU. 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.
Spalding University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Around 56% of those degree recipients were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Spalding. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 65% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Lindsey Wilson College 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 #11 on the list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Columbia, Kentucky, and it awarded 5 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 60% were women.
Lindsey Wilson College 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 64% 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 11 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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