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2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in Arkansas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$8,266 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$66,647 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health/Medical Prep Programs School for You

Health/Medical Prep Programs is the #14 most popular major in Arkansas with 99 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's healthcare 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, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in Arkansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Arkansas to see which programs offered the best value experiences for medical prep 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in Arkansas

Check out the medical prep programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Arkansas Schools for Affordable Quality in Health/Medical Prep Programs

#1

National Park College

Hot Springs, AR
$5,000 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found National Park College to be the best value school for health/medical prep programs students who want to pursue a degree in Arkansas. National Park College is a small public school located in the suburb of Hot Springs.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at National Park College are $5,000 a year. The average amount in student loans that medical prep majors at National Park College take out is $20,004.

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$2,904 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Arkansas State University - Mountain Home is a great value for health/medical prep programs students. Located in the rural area of Mountain Home, ASUMH is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ASUMH are $2,904 a year.

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$2,928 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Arkansas State University - Beebe is a great value for health/medical prep programs students. Located in the fringe town of Beebe, ASU-Beebe is a public school with a small student population.

ASU-Beebe undergraduate students pay an average of $2,928 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, medical prep graduates from ASU-Beebe take out $7,834 in student loans while working on their degree.

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#4

Harding University

Searcy, AR
$22,230 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harding University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in Arkansas list. Harding is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Searcy.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Harding are $22,230 a year.

Harding not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools in Arkansas list.

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Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Colleges in the Southeast Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Florida 84
North Carolina 133
Tennessee 54
Georgia 355
Kentucky 5
West Virginia 102
Virginia 171
Alabama 172
Louisiana 18
Mississippi 439
South Carolina 79

Health/Medical Prep Programs is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Medical Prep Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Other Health/Medical Preparatory Programs 4,010
Pre-Nursing Studies 2,489
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies 2,010
Pre-Physical Therapy Studies 257
Pre-Pharmacy Studies 167
Pre-Occupational Therapy Studies 108
Pre-Dentistry Studies 85
Pre-Physician Assistant 76
Pre-Art Therapy 4
Pre-Optometry Studies 3
Pre-Chiropractic Studies 1

Related 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

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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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