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2023 Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas

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With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Arkansas to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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Top Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

$6,422 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Arkansas State University - Main Campus to be the best school for students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Arkansas.

Online graduate courses are available at A-State, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 83% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#2

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
$9,018 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list.

Online graduate courses are available at UARK, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 84% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#3

Henderson State University

Arkadelphia, Arkansas
$6,930 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Henderson State University is a great place for students working on their graduate certificate.

Henderson State University does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 89% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#4

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas
$6,773 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Central Arkansas is a great place for students working on their graduate certificate.

UCA does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 70% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

Full University of Central Arkansas Report

#5

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas
$7,594 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Arkansas at Little Rock helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Arkansas.

One thing to take note of is that UA Little Rock does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 76% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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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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