2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing in Washington

If you pursue a doctor's degree in registered nursing, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #27 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the most popular for doctor's degree seekers in the field of registered nursing. Combined, these schools handed out 155 doctor's degrees in registered nursing to qualified students.

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

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in registered nursing matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing in Washington ranking.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for registered nursing, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Registered Nursing Schools

We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. Plus, you can view our other rankings for registered nursing.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Registered Nursing in Washington

Learn about the most popular colleges and universities for registered nursing students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Registered Nursing Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

116 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in registered nursing has to check out University of Washington - Seattle Campus. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in registered nursing in Washington.

There were about 116 registered nursing students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in registered nursing from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

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Washington State University
Pullman, WA

39 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Washington State University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in registered nursing. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in registered nursing in Washington.

There were about 39 registered nursing individuals who graduated with this degree at Wazzu in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in registered nursing from Washington State University

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Seattle University
Seattle, WA

Seattle University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in registered nursing. Seattle U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Seattle. More information about a doctorate in registered nursing from Seattle University

 

Best Registered Nursing Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Registered Nursing Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	370	37
Oregon	135	3
Hawaii	64	1

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Registered Nursing Related Rankings by Major

One of 22 majors within the Nursing area of study, Registered Nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Registered Nursing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Practice	73
Nurse Anesthetist	10
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	7
Nursing Science	3
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	1
Geriatric Nurse/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.