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2023 Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

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

Finding the Best Nursing Master's Degree 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.

The Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Arkansas to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. 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.

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

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 2023 rankings named Arkansas State University - Main Campus the best value school in Arkansas for nursing students working on their master’s degree. A-State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Jonesboro.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at A-State are $6,422 a year.

A-State also made our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list, coming in at #3.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Central Arkansas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Arkansas. Located in the city of Conway, UCA is a public college with a large student population.

UCA graduate students pay an average of $6,773 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

Full Nursing at University of Central Arkansas Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Arkansas. UAMS is a small public school located in the midsize city of Little Rock.

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

Read full report on Nursing at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

#4

Henderson State University

Arkadelphia, AR

The excellent master’s degree programs at Henderson State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Arkansas. Located in the distant town of Arkadelphia, Henderson State University is a public college with a small student population.

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

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#5

Harding University

Searcy, AR

The excellent master’s degree programs at Harding University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Arkansas. 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 graduate student at Harding are $11,080 a year.

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

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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. ATU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Russellville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at ATU are $7,037 per year.

Full Nursing at Arkansas Tech University Report

#7

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

University of Arkansas ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list. UARK is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Fayetteville.

UARK graduate students pay an average of $9,018 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

Read full report on Nursing at University of Arkansas

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
Florida 21,209
North Carolina 7,425
Tennessee 6,004
Georgia 7,112
Kentucky 6,395
West Virginia 1,771
Virginia 6,775
Alabama 7,364
Louisiana 3,502
Mississippi 2,838
South Carolina 3,296

Nursing is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Nursing Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing 266,651
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 16,104
Nursing Administration 9,838
Nursing Practice 7,992
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 5,092
Nursing Science 4,600
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 2,287
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 2,021
Nurse Anesthetist 1,936
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing 1,883
Critical Care Nursing 773
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing 563
School Nursing 553
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 509
Clinical Nurse Leader 444
Clinical Nurse Specialist 419
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing 331
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 181
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing 57
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing 53
Palliative Care Nursing 14
Forensic Nursing 14

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596

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.

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