2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

Nursing is the most popular major in Arkansas with 2,882 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Arkansas to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for healthcare students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas

Check out the nursing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Arkansas Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing

#1

Arkansas State University - Main Campus

Jonesboro, AR

3 Graduate Certificates

Our 2023 rankings named Arkansas State University - Main Campus the best school in Arkansas for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. A-State is a large public school located in the small city of Jonesboro.

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#2

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, AR

1 Graduate Certificates

Out of the 2 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Arkansas landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Conway, UCA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Full Nursing at University of Central Arkansas Report

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

• 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 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).
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