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2023 Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

17 Colleges
$4,723 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,865 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate 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 Undergraduate Certificate 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 17 schools in Arkansas to see which undergraduate certificate 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.

2023 Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Arkansas State University - Newport the best value school in Arkansas for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Newport, ASUN is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ASUN are $2,856 a year.

ASUN did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list.

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Out of the 17 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, South Arkansas Community College landed the # 2 spot on the 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.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, SouthArk is ranked #4 for overall quality for health professions in Arkansas.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend NorthWest Arkansas Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the city of Bentonville, NWACC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

NWACC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,096 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NWACC also took the #2 spot in our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas rankings.

Full Health Professions at NorthWest Arkansas Community College Report

#4

National Park College

Hot Springs, AR

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means National Park College is a great value for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Hot Springs, National Park College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at National Park College are $5,000 a year.

National Park College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list.

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Out of the 17 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.

ASU Three Rivers undergraduate students pay an average of $3,458 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Health Professions at Arkansas State University Three Rivers Report

With a ranking of #6, University of Arkansas Community College - Batesville did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the town of Batesville, UACCB is a public school with a small student population.

UACCB undergraduate students pay an average of $2,850 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #7, Arkansas State University - Mountain Home did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. ASUMH is a small public school located in the rural area of Mountain Home.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ASUMH are $2,904 a year.

Read full report on Health Professions at Arkansas State University - Mountain Home

Arkansas State University - Beebe did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. ASU-Beebe is a small public school located in the town of Beebe.

ASU-Beebe undergraduate students pay an average of $2,928 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#9

Arkansas Northeastern College

Blytheville, AR

With a ranking of #9, Arkansas Northeastern College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Arkansas Northeastern College is a small public school located in the rural area of Blytheville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Arkansas Northeastern College are $2,738 a year.

Full Health Professions at Arkansas Northeastern College Report

University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of North Little Rock, UA Pulaski Tech is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UA Pulaski Tech are $5,670 per year.

UA Pulaski Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list.

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Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 18,617
West Virginia 5,590
South Carolina 7,283
Florida 49,046
Virginia 17,510
Mississippi 6,374
Tennessee 13,576
Louisiana 7,992
Alabama 12,636
Kentucky 10,991
Georgia 15,658

Health Professions Majors to Study

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
Public Health 40,596
Health Sciences & Services 35,945
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 29,833
Mental & Social Health Services 29,053
Medicine 28,629
Dental Support Services 26,399
Communication Sciences 22,298
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 20,393
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 18,901
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services 10,751
Health/Medical Prep Programs 9,210
Other Health Professions 7,984
Dentistry 6,770
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 6,158
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 5,115
Alternative Medicine & Systems 3,564
Chiropractic 2,658
Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies 2,374
Medical Illustration & Informatics 2,089
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,775
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 960
Medical Science 909
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 294
Alternative Medical Support Services 227
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 68

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 17 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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