2025 Best Nursing Practice Doctor's Degree Schools in Ohio

If you pursue a doctor's degree in nursing practice, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #7 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Ohio to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of nursing practice. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 134 doctor's degrees in nursing practice during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Nursing Practice School for Your Doctor's Degree

The nursing practice doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality nursing practice program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to nursing practice students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of nursing practice students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized nursing practice related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for nursing practice students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Nursing Practice Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Nursing Practice Doctor's Degree Schools in Ohio list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Nursing Practice in Ohio

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for nursing practice students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Ohio Schools for a Doctorate in Nursing Practice

1

Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

39 Annual Graduates

Case Western Reserve University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in nursing practice. Located in the city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in nursing practice from Case Western Reserve University

2

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Cincinnati, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

34 Annual Graduates

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a good decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in nursing practice. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in nursing practice from University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

3

Ohio University - Athens Campus
Athens, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Ohio University - Athens Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in nursing practice. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in nursing practice from Ohio University - Athens Campus

Best Nursing Practice Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Nursing Practice Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	273	1,085
Michigan	257	43
Indiana	202	69
Wisconsin	163	160

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Nursing Practice Related Rankings by Major

One of 23 majors within the Nursing area of study, Nursing Practice has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Nursing Practice

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nurse Anesthetist	79
Registered Nursing	57
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	15
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	10
Nursing Science	6
School Nursing	6
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	5
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	4
Nursing Administration	1
Critical Care Nursing	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle. More about our data sources and methodologies.