2024 Best Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas

Allied Health Professions is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #18 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Arkansas to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of allied health professions. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 102 master's degrees in allied health professions during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Allied Health Professions School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of allied health professions for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality allied health program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on allied health professions students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of allied health professions students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt allied health professions students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized allied health professions related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for allied health professions students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Allied Health Professions Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Allied Health Professions Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Allied Health Professions in Arkansas

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for allied health professions students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Arkansas Schools for a Master's in Allied Health

1

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR

39 Annual Graduates

$99,622 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in allied health professions has to take a look at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. UAMS is a small public university located in the city of Little Rock.

Allied Health Professions master's degree recipients from University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences earn a boost of about $20,237 above the typical earnings of allied health professions majors.

More information about a master’s in allied health professions from University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

2

Harding University
Searcy, AR

35 Annual Graduates

$101,011 Median Starting Salary

Harding University is a great decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in allied health professions. Harding is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Searcy.

Those allied health professions students who get their master's degree from Harding University earn $21,626 more than the average allied health graduate.

More information about a master’s in allied health professions from Harding University

3

Arkansas State University - Main Campus
Jonesboro, AR

6 Annual Graduates

Arkansas State University - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in allied health professions. Located in the small city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in allied health professions from Arkansas State University - Main Campus

3

University of Central Arkansas
Conway, AR

4 Annual Graduates

University of Central Arkansas is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in allied health professions. Located in the city of Conway, UCA is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in allied health professions from University of Central Arkansas

4

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR

18 Annual Graduates

$37,521 Median Starting Salary

University of Arkansas is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in allied health professions. UARK is a very large public university located in the small city of Fayetteville.

Master's students who receive their degree from the allied health program make an average of $37,521 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a master’s in allied health professions from University of Arkansas

Best Allied Health Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Allied Health Professions Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	737
Georgia	190	265
Virginia	182	387
North Carolina	178	566
Tennessee	166	410
Alabama	151	137
Kentucky	147	161
Louisiana	147	101
South Carolina	146	242
Mississippi	145	41
West Virginia	112	95

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Allied Health Professions Related Rankings by Major

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Allied Health Professions has other similar majors worth exploring.

Allied Health Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Physician Assistant	74
Athletic Training	28

Most Popular Majors Related to Allied Health

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	229
Communication Sciences	137
Mental & Social Health Services	130
Public Health	54
Health & Medical Administrative Services	44
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	16
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	2
Medical Illustration & Informatics	2
Health Sciences & Services	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.