2023 Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
There are so many teaching programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in Arkansas to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for teaching students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Top Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas
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Our 2023 rankings named Arkansas State University - Main Campus the best value school in Arkansas for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. Located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, the fairly large public school awarded 674 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at A-State are $11,408 a year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at A-State. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 83% took at least some of their classes online.
A-State also made our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list, coming in at #2.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Henderson State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list. Located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, the small public school awarded 71 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Henderson State University are $9,108 a year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Henderson State University. In 2019-2020 about 89% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Henderson State University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list. Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, the large public school awarded 79 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UARK are $22,563 a year.
One thing to take note of is that UARK does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 84% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
UARK did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Central Arkansas is a great place for teaching students working on their graduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. UCA is a public institution located in Conway, Arkansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 42 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCA are $11,835 per 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. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 70% took at least some of their classes online.
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.
Out of the 6 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s value ranking, Southern Arkansas University Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is located in Magnolia, Arkansas and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $9,882 in tuition and fees each 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. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 95% took at least some of their classes online.
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus also took the #5 spot in our Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas rankings.
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University of Arkansas at Little Rock did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for teaching students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in Little Rock, Arkansas, the medium-sized public school awarded 18 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UA Little Rock are $14,884 a year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UA Little Rock. In fact, around 76% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
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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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