2022 Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Nursing Practice is the 125th most popular major in the country with 7,550 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Arkansas, there were 32 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 32 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,188 and $113,908 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in nursing practice. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality nursing practice programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the nursing practice program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice in Arkansas

#1

Arkansas State University - Main Campus

Jonesboro, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$11,586 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas list. Located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, this fairly large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified doctorate’s nursing practice students in 2019-2020.

A-State also made our “Best Nursing Practice Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Arkansas State University - Main Campus are $11,586.

Read more about Nursing Practice at Arkansas State University - Main Campus

#1

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$11,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Arkansas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas list. UCA is a public institution located in Conway, Arkansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UCA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Nursing Practice Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Arkansas are $11,648, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UCA Nursing Practice Report

#2

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas list. University of Arkansas is a public institution located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UARK also made our “Best Nursing Practice Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UARK are $22,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Nursing Practice at UARK

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Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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