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2023 Most Popular Business Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas

6 Schools Ranked

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which business program is right 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Business Degree Central has developed this Most Popular Business Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Arkansas to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for business students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.

Learn more about these popular schools below:

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
39 Total Awards
$9,018 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Arkansas the most popular school in Arkansas for business students working on their graduate certificate. UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 39 graduate certificates to qualified students.

Around 36% of those degree recipients were women.

One thing to take note of is that UARK does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 84% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Full University of Arkansas Report

#2

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas
15 Total Awards
$7,594 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Arkansas at Little Rock helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business schools in Arkansas. University of Arkansas at Little Rock is a medium-sized public school located in Little Rock, Arkansas that handed out 15 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Around 53% of those degree recipients were women.

UA Little Rock does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 76% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#3

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas
10 Total Awards
$6,773 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Central Arkansas is a great place for business students working on their graduate certificate. Conway, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 10 students in 2020-2021.

Around 20% of those degree recipients were women.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UCA. In 2019-2020 about 70% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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2 Total Awards
$6,894 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a great place for business students working on their graduate certificate. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a public institution located in Magnolia, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 50% were women.

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 95% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

Full Southern Arkansas University Main Campus Report

#5

Strayer University - Arkansas

Little Rock, Arkansas
1 Total Awards
$15,135 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Strayer University - Arkansas is a great place for business students working on their graduate certificate. Strayer University - Arkansas is located in Little Rock, Arkansas and has a very small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 graduate certificates to qualified students.

Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.

Since the graduate programs at Strayer University - Arkansas are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.

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$6,422 Average Tuition & Fees

Arkansas State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at A-State. In 2019-2020 about 83% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Full Arkansas State University - Main Campus Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 6 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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