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2023 Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$8,103 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$98,140 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, nursing students earned 299 degrees and certificates from an Arkansas school, making the subject the 9th in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in Arkansas to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Arkansas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Nursing

Our analysis found Arkansas State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Arkansas. Located in the small city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public school with a large student population.

A-State graduate students pay an average of $6,422 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

A-State also took the #5 spot in our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas rankings.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Central Arkansas is a great value for nursing 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.

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

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Out of the 7 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Little Rock, UAMS is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UAMS are $9,462 a year.

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#4

Henderson State University

Arkadelphia, AR

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Henderson State University is a great value for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Henderson State University is a small public school located in the town of Arkadelphia.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Henderson State University are $6,930 per year.

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#5

Harding University

Searcy, AR

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Harding University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the distant town of Searcy, Harding is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Harding are $11,080 per year.

Harding also took the #1 spot in our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas rankings.

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#6

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, AR

Arkansas Tech University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the remote town of Russellville, ATU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

ATU graduate students pay an average of $7,037 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#7

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

With a ranking of #7, University of Arkansas did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public school 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 nursing in Arkansas.

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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Nursing Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 1,110
Florida 3,074
Georgia 1,685
North Carolina 1,399
Tennessee 1,589
Kentucky 2,017
Louisiana 520
Alabama 2,641
South Carolina 468
Mississippi 262
West Virginia 184

One of 29 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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