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2023 Best Value Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$8,040 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,048 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Master's Degree School for You

Health Professions is one of the most popular subjects to study in Arkansas. With 1,559 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Arkansas to see which master's degree 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas

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

Best Arkansas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Health Professions

Our analysis found Arkansas State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for health professions 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 made our Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Health Professions at Arkansas State University - Main Campus

Out of the 9 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Little Rock, UAMS is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UAMS are $9,462 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Arkansas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list. UCA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Conway.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCA are $6,773 per year.

UCA not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list.

Full Health Professions at University of Central Arkansas Report

#4

Harding University

Searcy, AR

The excellent master’s degree programs at Harding University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in Arkansas. Located in the distant town of Searcy, Harding is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Harding are $11,080 a year.

Harding did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list.

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#5

Henderson State University

Arkadelphia, AR

Out of the 9 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Henderson State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Henderson State University is a small public school located in the distant town of Arkadelphia.

Henderson State University graduate students pay an average of $6,930 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#6

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

University of Arkansas ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UARK are $9,018 per year.

UARK not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list.

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#7

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, AR

Arkansas Tech University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas ranking. Located in the 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.

Read full report on Health Professions at Arkansas Tech University

University of Arkansas at Little Rock ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list. UA Little Rock is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Little Rock.

UA Little Rock graduate students pay an average of $7,594 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#9

John Brown University

Siloam Springs, AR

John Brown University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list. JBU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Siloam Springs.

JBU graduate students pay an average of $13,920 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

JBU also took the #2 spot in our Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas rankings.

Full Health Professions at John Brown University Report

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
Mississippi 1,223
Florida 11,386
North Carolina 5,768
Virginia 6,980
Tennessee 5,227
Georgia 5,701
South Carolina 2,216
Louisiana 2,725
West Virginia 1,503
Kentucky 4,192
Alabama 4,979

Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952
Mental & Social Health Services 16,815
Allied Health Professions 12,950
Communication Sciences 10,547
Dentistry 6,770
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 4,684
Chiropractic 2,658
Alternative Medicine & Systems 2,582
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 2,481
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,762
Medical Illustration & Informatics 1,747
Health Sciences & Services 1,746
Other Health Professions 1,261
Health/Medical Prep Programs 1,122
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 954
Medical Science 909
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 462
Dental Support Services 122
Alternative Medical Support Services 80
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 55
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 37
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 11
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 4

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 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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