2023 Best Value Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Health Professions Master's Degree School for You
Health Professions is the most popular major in Arkansas with 6,286 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Arkansas to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for health professions students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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.
Best Arkansas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Health Professions
Our 2023 rankings named Arkansas State University - Main Campus the best value school in Arkansas for health professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at A-State are $6,422 per year.
A-State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list.
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Out of the 9 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Little Rock, UAMS is a public college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UAMS are $9,462 per year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Central Arkansas is a great value for health professions students working on their master’s degree. UCA is a large public school located in the city of Conway.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCA are $6,773 per year.
UCA also took the #4 spot in our Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas rankings.
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Out of the 9 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Harding University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the town of Searcy, Harding is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Harding are $11,080 a year.
Harding not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list.
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Out of the 9 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Henderson State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Henderson State University is a small public school located in the town of Arkadelphia.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Henderson State University are $6,930 a year.
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With a ranking of #6, University of Arkansas did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UARK are $9,018 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UARK is ranked #3 for overall quality for health professions in Arkansas.
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With a ranking of #7, Arkansas Tech University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their master’s degree. Located in the remote town of Russellville, ATU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
ATU graduate students pay an average of $7,037 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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University of Arkansas at Little Rock did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. UA Little Rock is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Little Rock.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UA Little Rock are $7,594 a year.
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John Brown University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. JBU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Siloam Springs.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at JBU are $13,920 per year.
JBU also made our Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list, coming in at #2.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 18,617 |
| West Virginia | 5,590 |
| Mississippi | 6,374 |
| South Carolina | 7,283 |
| Florida | 49,046 |
| Virginia | 17,510 |
| Alabama | 12,636 |
| Kentucky | 10,991 |
| Georgia | 15,658 |
| Tennessee | 13,576 |
| Louisiana | 7,992 |
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Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 9 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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