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Best Doctor's Degree Schools in Arkansas

2023 Best Doctor's Degree Schools in Arkansas

5 Schools Ranked

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Doctor's Degree Schools in Arkansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Arkansas to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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Top Doctor's Degree Schools in Arkansas

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#1

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas
132 Total Awards
$7,162 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Central Arkansas the best school in Arkansas for students working on their doctor’s degree. Conway, Arkansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctor’s degrees to 132 students in .

Online graduate courses are available at UCA, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 61% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2022-2023.

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#2

Harding University

Searcy, Arkansas
88 Total Awards
$13,684 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Harding University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Arkansas. Harding is located in Searcy, Arkansas and has a small student population. In , this school awarded 88 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.

Online graduate courses are available at Harding, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2022-2023 about 48% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#3

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
360 Total Awards
$12,160 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Arkansas is a great place for students working on their doctor’s degree. University of Arkansas is a large public school located in Fayetteville, Arkansas that handed out 360 doctor’s degrees in .

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UARK. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 42% of graduates took at least one course online in 2022-2023.

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78 Total Awards
$6,980 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list. A-State is a fairly large public school situated in Jonesboro, Arkansas. It awarded 78 doctor’s degrees in .

A-State does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2022-2023 about 84% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#5

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas
165 Total Awards
$7,684 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list. Located in Little Rock, Arkansas, the medium-sized public school handed out 165 doctor’s degree awards in .

UA Little Rock does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2022-2023 academic year, around 64% took at least some of their classes online.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

References

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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