University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock is Arkansas’s public academic health sciences university and home to the UAMS College of Nursing. The college offers a prelicensure BSN, an online RN-to-BSN, and doctoral nursing pathways through campus-based, online, and hybrid study. Students build skills in clinical judgment, evidence-based care, health assessment, leadership, patient safety, informatics, and teamwork while learning in a setting closely connected to the health professions.
For prelicensure students, the BSN is typically completed after prerequisite coursework in an upper-division nursing sequence that blends classroom instruction, simulation and skills labs, and supervised clinical rotations. Training spans areas such as adult health, maternal-newborn care, pediatrics, mental health, and community health, helping prepare graduates for the NCLEX-RN. Little Rock serves as the main campus, with additional nursing study options at UAMS Northwest in Fayetteville. UAMS stands out in Arkansas for its academic medical center environment, CCNE-accredited nursing education, and strong pathway from bachelor’s study to advanced nursing practice and research.
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A BSN is a 4-year university RN degree, widely preferred by employers and required for many advanced roles, whose graduates are eligible to take the NCLEX-RN.
An MSN is a 2–3 year graduate degree that prepares RNs for advanced practice, leadership, and specialized roles such as nurse practitioner or nurse educator.
A DNP is the highest clinical nursing degree, taking 2–4 years, preparing nurses for advanced practice, executive leadership, and policy roles—distinct from the research-focused PhD.
A post-graduate APRN certificate is a 12–24 month credential that lets MSN-prepared nurses add or change an advanced practice specialty without earning a second degree.
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