2023 Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Arkansas

Today's nursing students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Arkansas ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Arkansas to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for nursing students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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Top Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Arkansas

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

$9,018 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Arkansas the best school in Arkansas for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UARK does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 84% took at least some of their classes online.

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#2

Arkansas State University - Main Campus

Jonesboro, Arkansas

$6,422 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Arkansas State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Arkansas.

A-State does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 83% took at least some of their classes online.

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#3

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas

$6,773 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Central Arkansas. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UCA. During the 2019-2020 year, about 70% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 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%.

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