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2023 Most Popular Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Arkansas

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With all the nursing programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Most Popular Nursing Doctor's Degree 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 doctor's degree programs were the most popular for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.

Learn more about these popular schools below:

36 Total Awards
$9,462 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Arkansas. UAMS is a public institution located in Little Rock, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 36 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 86% were women.

UAMS 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 68% took at least some of their classes online.

Full University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Report

#2

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
20 Total Awards
$9,018 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, the large public school awarded 20 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.

Online graduate courses are available at UARK, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 84% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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8 Total Awards
$6,422 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Arkansas State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Arkansas. This fairly large public school is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and it awarded 8 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 88% were women.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since A-State does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 83% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

Read full report on Arkansas State University - Main Campus

#4

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas
2 Total Awards
$6,773 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Central Arkansas helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Arkansas. University of Central Arkansas is a fairly large public school located in Conway, Arkansas that handed out 2 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.

Online graduate courses are available at UCA, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 70% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Full University of Central Arkansas Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

References

  • 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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