Federal data

Largest registered nursing programs in Arkansas

Arkansas registered nursing programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.

RankSchoolCitySectorAwards conferred
1Arkansas State UniversityJonesboroPublic, 4-year413
2University of ArkansasFayettevillePublic, 4-year351
3University of Arkansas at Little RockLittle RockPublic, 4-year299
4Baptist Health College Little RockLittle RockPrivate nonprofit, 2-year138
5University of Central ArkansasConwayPublic, 4-year126
6Arkansas Tech UniversityRussellvillePublic, 4-year111
7NorthWest Arkansas Community CollegeBentonvillePublic, 2-year109
8University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesLittle RockPublic, 4-year91
9University of Arkansas Community College-BatesvilleBatesvillePublic, 2-year86
10Arkansas State University-NewportNewportPublic, 2-year78
11Arkansas State University Three RiversMalvernPublic, 2-year76
12University of Arkansas-Fort SmithFort SmithPublic, 4-year67
13Arkansas State University-Mountain HomeMountain HomePublic, 2-year64
14North Arkansas CollegeHarrisonPublic, 2-year61
15Henderson State UniversityArkadelphiaPublic, 4-year52
16South Arkansas CollegeEl DoradoPublic, 2-year48
17National Park CollegeHot SpringsPublic, 2-year47
18Harding UniversitySearcyPrivate nonprofit, 4-year46
19Black River Technical CollegePocahontasPublic, 2-year40
20Jefferson Regional School of NursingPine BluffPrivate nonprofit, 2-year38
21University of Arkansas Hope-TexarkanaHopePublic, 2-year32
22University of Arkansas at MonticelloMonticelloPublic, 4-year27
23Arkansas Northeastern CollegeBlythevillePublic, 2-year27
24University of Arkansas Community College-MorriltonMorriltonPublic, 2-year27
25John Brown UniversitySiloam SpringsPrivate nonprofit, 4-year26

Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.

How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.