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2023 Most Popular Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas

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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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in Arkansas to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Nursing program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for nursing majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our analysis found Arkansas State University - Main Campus to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Arkansas. A-State is a large public school located in the small city of Jonesboro.

Women make up 70% of the nursing majors at the school.

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Out of the 7 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences landed the # 2 spot on the list. UAMS is a small public school located in the city of Little Rock.

Of the 63 students majoring in nursing at UAMS, 11% are male and 89% are female.

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Out of the 7 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Arkansas landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Conway, UCA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 88% of the nursing majors at the school.

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#4

Harding University

Searcy, AR

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Harding University is a great place for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Harding is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Searcy.

Of the 23 students majoring in nursing at Harding, 9% are male and 91% are female.

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#5

Henderson State University

Arkadelphia, AR

Out of the 7 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Henderson State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the town of Arkadelphia, Henderson State University is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 18 students majoring in nursing at Henderson State University, 17% are male and 83% are female.

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#6

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, AR

Arkansas Tech University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for nursing students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. ATU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Russellville.

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#6

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

University of Arkansas came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas ranking. UARK is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Fayetteville.

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Best Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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