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Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

$14,791 Avg Tuition & Fees*

There are so many business programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Business Degree Central has created the <nil> to help you in your search for the best school for you.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top Value Business Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
39 Total Awards
#1 in Quality in Arkansas
$22,563 Average Tuition & Fees

Our rankings named University of Arkansas the best value school in Arkansas for business students working on their graduate certificate. This large public school is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and it awarded 39 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

UARK graduate students pay an average of $22,563 in tuition and fees each year.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UARK does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 84% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

UARK not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our list.

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#2

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas
10 Total Awards
#2 in Quality in Arkansas
$11,835 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Arkansas. It ranked #2 on our list. UCA is located in Conway, Arkansas and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 graduate certificates to qualified students.

UCA graduate students pay an average of $11,835 in tuition and fees each year.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UCA does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 70% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UCA is ranked #2 for overall quality in Arkansas.

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2 Total Awards
#3 in Quality in Arkansas
$9,882 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business schools in Arkansas. Located in Magnolia, Arkansas, the small public school handed out 2 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus are $9,882 a year.

Online graduate courses are available at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 95% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our list.

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#4

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas
15 Total Awards
#4 in Quality in Arkansas
$14,884 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The school came in at #4 on this year’s list. UA Little Rock is located in Little Rock, Arkansas and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 graduate certificates to qualified students.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UA Little Rock are $14,884 a year.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UA Little Rock. During the 2019-2020 year, about 76% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

UA Little Rock also took the #4 spot in our rankings.

Full University of Arkansas at Little Rock Report

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%.

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