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Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas

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.

Top 10 Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Arkansas State University - Newport to be the best value school for health professions students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Arkansas. 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.

ASUN also made our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list, coming in at #3.

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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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list. SouthArk is a small public school located in the town of El Dorado.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SouthArk are $3,012 per year.

SouthArk also made our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list, coming in at #4.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at NorthWest Arkansas Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in Arkansas. Located in the small city of Bentonville, NWACC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NWACC are $4,096 per year.

NWACC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list.

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#4

National Park College

Hot Springs, AR

Out of the 17 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, National Park College landed the # 4 spot on the list. 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.

National Park College also took the #1 spot in our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas rankings.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Arkansas State University Three Rivers is a great value for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. ASU Three Rivers is a small public school located in the town of Malvern.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ASU Three Rivers are $3,458 a year.

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University of Arkansas Community College - Batesville ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate 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.

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Arkansas State University - Mountain Home landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate health professions programs. ASUMH is a small public school located in the rural area of Mountain Home.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASUMH are $2,904 per year.

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With a ranking of #8, Arkansas State University - Beebe did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. 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

Arkansas Northeastern College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas ranking. 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.

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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 small city of North Little Rock, UA Pulaski Tech is a public school with a small student population.

UA Pulaski Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $5,670 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UA Pulaski Tech is ranked #5 for overall quality for health professions in Arkansas.

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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
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

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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