by our College Data Analytics TeamThere are lots of options to choose from today when trying to decide which school to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our Best Doctor's Degree Colleges for the Money (Income $30-$48k) in Arkansas ranking is part of that endeavor. You may be surprised that some normally high-priced schools offer very generous financial aid packages to those who qualify.
In This Year's Value Report:
Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Arkansas to determine which ones have the best value Doctor's Degree programs. Our ranking for the best value schools is based on objective factors. We steer clear of subjective measures since they don't give a clear picture when determining how one school compares to another. We explain more about what we look at and why we do so below.
The first step of determing the value of a school in our Best Doctor's Degree Colleges for the Money (Income $30-$48k) in Arkansas ranking is to look at the school's average net price for students with families that make $30-$48k a year. The net price is the sum of tuition, fees, and room and board minus any financial aid awarded to the student. In addition, the overall quality of a school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how much it costs.
To make it into this list a school must offer a quality education like the schools in our Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considers factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
We go into more detail on these factors on our best value ranking methodology page.
You can scroll down to see the top schools for this ranking, but you may also want to view some of the other ranking methods listed below.
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Learn more about these excellent schools below:
University of Arkansas tops this year’s ranking as the best value (income $30-$48k) school for doctor’s degrees in Arkansas for overall quality. Fayetteville, Arkansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. It is a public school.
In addition to being included on this ranking as a good value, University of Arkansas is ranked #2 for quality in the state of Arkansas.
The quality degree programs at University of Central Arkansas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of Best Doctor’s Degree Colleges for the Money (Income $30-$48k) in Arkansas. Located in Conway, Arkansas, the school is a fairly large public institution.
University of Central Arkansas has the honor of being ranked #1 in Arkansas for overall quality on top of being a good value.
Out of the 5 doctor’s degree schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. A-State is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas and has a fairly large student population. It is a public school.
In addition to being included on this ranking as a good value, Arkansas State University - Main Campus is ranked #3 for quality in the state of Arkansas.
The quality degree programs at Harding University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of Best Doctor’s Degree Colleges for the Money (Income $30-$48k) in Arkansas. Harding is a private not-for-profit institution located in Searcy, Arkansas.
In addition to being included on this ranking as a good value, Harding University is ranked #4 for quality in the state of Arkansas.
The quality degree programs at University of Arkansas at Little Rock helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of Best Doctor’s Degree Colleges for the Money (Income $30-$48k) in Arkansas. This medium-sized public school is located in Little Rock, Arkansas.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock has the honor of being ranked #5 in Arkansas for overall quality on top of being a good value.
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Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.
More about our data sources and methodologies.