2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Nursing in Arkansas

Nursing is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #5 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Arkansas to determine which ones were the most popular for nursing students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 62 doctor's degrees in nursing during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Nursing School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in nursing matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Nursing in Arkansas ranking.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for nursing, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Nursing Schools

We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. Plus, you can view our other rankings for nursing.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Nursing in Arkansas

Explore the most popular colleges and universities for nursing students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Nursing Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR

30 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In AR

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in nursing. UAMS is a small public university located in the medium-sized city of Little Rock. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in nursing in Arkansas.

There were approximately 30 nursing students who graduated with this degree at UAMS in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in nursing from University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

2

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR

18 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In AR

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in nursing needs to take a look at University of Arkansas. UARK is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Fayetteville. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in nursing in Arkansas.

There were about 18 nursing students who graduated with this degree at UARK in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in nursing from University of Arkansas

3

Arkansas State University - Main Campus
Jonesboro, AR

8 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In AR

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Arkansas State University - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in nursing. Located in the city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #4 in quality for doctor's degrees in nursing in Arkansas.

There were roughly 8 nursing students who graduated with this degree at A-State in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in nursing from Arkansas State University - Main Campus

4

University of Central Arkansas
Conway, AR

6 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In AR

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Central Arkansas if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in nursing. UCA is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Conway. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in nursing in Arkansas.

There were approximately 6 nursing individuals who graduated with this degree at UCA in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in nursing from University of Central Arkansas

 

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	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	143	525
Virginia	126	191
Georgia	124	154
North Carolina	113	313
Louisiana	99	139
Tennessee	98	242
Alabama	94	385
South Carolina	88	73
Kentucky	86	300
Mississippi	72	79
West Virginia	49	37

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Rankings in Majors Related to Nursing

One of 30 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Nursing Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Practice	32
Nursing Science	30

Majors Similar to Nursing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	172
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	165
Medicine	164
Public Health	10
Communication Sciences	6
Health Sciences & Services	4

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle. More about our data sources and methodologies.