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2023 Most Popular Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Arkansas

4 Colleges
$115,233 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was ranked 2nd in Arkansas. In fact, 2,882 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

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The Most Popular Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Arkansas ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Arkansas to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Nursing program at each school on the list.

Check out the nursing doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Arkansas.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences the most popular school in Arkansas for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Little Rock, UAMS is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 86% of the nursing majors at the school.

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#2

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Arkansas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Arkansas. Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public college with a very large student population.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Arkansas State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Arkansas. Located in the small city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public college with a large student population.

Women make up 88% of the nursing majors at the school.

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Out of the 4 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Arkansas landed the # 4 spot on the list. UCA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Conway.

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Best Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 7,112
Virginia 6,775
North Carolina 7,425
Florida 21,209
Tennessee 6,004
Kentucky 6,395
South Carolina 3,296
Louisiana 3,502
Alabama 7,364
Mississippi 2,838
West Virginia 1,771

One of 30 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.

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