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2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in Arkansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$8,266 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$66,647 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health/Medical Prep Programs School for You

With 99 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, health/medical prep programs is the #64 most popular major in Arkansas.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in Arkansas ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Arkansas to see which ones offered the best value programs for medical prep students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in Arkansas

Check out the medical prep programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Arkansas Schools for Affordable Quality in Health/Medical Prep Programs

#1

National Park College

Hot Springs, AR
$5,000 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named National Park College the best value school in Arkansas for health/medical prep programs students. Located in the small suburb of Hot Springs, National Park College is a public school with a small student population.

National Park College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,000 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that medical prep majors at National Park College take out is $20,004.

Full Health/Medical Prep Programs at National Park College Report

$2,904 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas State University - Mountain Home landed the # 2 spot on the list. ASUMH is a small public school located in the rural area of Mountain Home.

ASUMH undergraduate students pay an average of $2,904 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$2,928 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Arkansas State University - Beebe is a great value for health/medical prep programs students. ASU-Beebe is a small public school located in the town of Beebe.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ASU-Beebe are $2,928 a year. On average, medical prep graduates from ASU-Beebe take out $7,834 in student loans while working on their degree.

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#4

Harding University

Searcy, AR
$22,230 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Harding University is a great value for health/medical prep programs students. Located in the town of Searcy, Harding is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Harding undergraduate students pay an average of $22,230 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Harding also took the #2 spot in our Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in Arkansas rankings.

Full Health/Medical Prep Programs at Harding University Report

Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 355
Virginia 171
North Carolina 133
Florida 84
Tennessee 54
Kentucky 5
South Carolina 79
Louisiana 18
Alabama 172
Mississippi 439
West Virginia 102

Health/Medical Prep Programs is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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