2023 Best Value Health Professions Schools in Arkansas
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Health Professions 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.
The Best Value Health Professions Schools in Arkansas ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 28 schools in Arkansas to see which ones offered the best value programs for health professions 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.
Top 10 Best Health Professions Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Arkansas State University - Newport the best value school in Arkansas for health professions students. Located in the rural area of Newport, ASUN is a public college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASUN are $2,856 per year. The average amount in student loans that health professions majors at ASUN take out is $12,934.
ASUN also made our Best Health Professions Schools in Arkansas list, coming in at #5.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend South Arkansas Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Schools in Arkansas list. SouthArk is a small public school located in the town of El Dorado.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SouthArk are $3,012 a year. While working on their degree, health professions majors at SouthArk accumulate an average of around $11,605 in student debt.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas Community College - Batesville. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the town of Batesville, UACCB is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UACCB are $2,850 a year. On average, health professions graduates from UACCB take out $13,357 in student loans while working on their degree.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas Community College - Morrilton. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Schools in Arkansas list. UACCM is a small public school located in the distant town of Morrilton.
UACCM undergraduate students pay an average of $3,456 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that health professions majors at UACCM take out is $18,311.
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Out of the 28 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas State University Three Rivers landed the # 5 spot on the list. ASU Three Rivers is a small public school located in the town of Malvern.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASU Three Rivers are $3,458 per year. The average amount in student loans that health professions majors at ASU Three Rivers take out is $27,000.
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NorthWest Arkansas Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value health professions programs. Located in the small city of Bentonville, NWACC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NWACC are $4,096 per year. After completing their degree, health professions graduates from NWACC carry an average student debtload of $15,391.
NWACC also took the #4 spot in our Best Health Professions Schools in Arkansas rankings.
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Arkansas Northeastern College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value health professions programs. Arkansas Northeastern College is a small public school located in the rural area of Blytheville.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Arkansas Northeastern College are $2,738 per year. The average amount in student loans that health professions majors at Arkansas Northeastern College take out is $9,750.
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Arkansas State University - Mountain Home did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for health professions students. It came in at #8 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. Health Professions majors at ASUMH take out an average of $20,080 in student loans while working on their egree.
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With a ranking of #9, Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students. Located in the rural area of Helena, Phillips County Community College is a public school with a small student population.
Phillips County Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,410 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Arkansas State University - Beebe came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Schools in Arkansas ranking. 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, health professions graduates from ASU-Beebe take out $9,153 in student loans while working on their degree.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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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 25 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.