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Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
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.
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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.
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Top Value Business Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas
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Our rankings named University of Arkansas the best value school in Arkansas for business students working on their master’s degree. UARK is a large public school situated in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It awarded 237 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UARK graduate students pay an average of $22,563 in tuition and fees each year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UARK. During the 2019-2020 year, about 84% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
UARK also made our list, coming in at #1.
Out of the 9 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of Central Arkansas landed the # 2 spot on the list. This fairly large public school is located in Conway, Arkansas, and it awarded 80 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCA are $11,835 a year.
One thing to take note of is that UCA does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 70% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UCA is ranked #4 for overall quality in Arkansas.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our list. This fairly large public school is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and it awarded 122 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at A-State are $11,408 per year.
One thing to take note of is that A-State does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 83% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Out of the 9 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s value ranking, Henderson State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Henderson State University is a public institution located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 30 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Henderson State University are $9,108 per year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Henderson State University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 89% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. It ranked #5 on our list. Little Rock, Arkansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out master’s degrees to 62 students in 2020-2021.
UA Little Rock graduate students pay an average of $14,884 in tuition and fees each year.
Online graduate courses are available at UA Little Rock, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 76% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
UA Little Rock did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our list.
With a ranking of #6, Harding University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business students working on their master’s degree. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Searcy, Arkansas, and it awarded 44 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Harding are $11,080 a year.
Harding does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 31% took at least some of their classes online.
Harding also made our list, coming in at #3.
Arkansas Tech University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the ranking. Russellville, Arkansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out master’s degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
ATU graduate students pay an average of $12,450 in tuition and fees each year.
Online graduate courses are available at ATU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 93% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #8, Southern Arkansas University Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business students working on their master’s degree. Magnolia, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out master’s degrees to 47 students 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. During the 2019-2020 year, about 95% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
John Brown University landed the #9 spot in the rankings for the best value master’s degree business programs. Siloam Springs, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out master’s degrees to 72 students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at JBU are $13,920 a year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at JBU. In 2019-2020 about 91% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
JBU also made our list, coming in at #2.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 9 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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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