Certificate (or diploma) of proficiency awarded
for completing 15 semester credit hours or less; requires less than a year
of school
Tech C
Technical Certificate or Diploma awarded for
completing a program of at least one but, less than two, full academic
years
A
Associate Degree awarded after at least two but,
less than four, academic years of study
Adv C
Advanced Certificate awarded for finishing
advanced technical courses in a technical specialty; requires an associate
degree or higher and/or certification in the specialty
B
Baccalaureate (or Bachelor’s) Degree awarded for
completing four to five years of full-time college work
M
Master’s Degree awarded for completing up to two
years of study beyond a bachelor’s degree
S
Specialist Degree or Certificate awarded for
studies beyond the master’s level; do not meet academic requirements for a
doctorate
D
Doctoral Degree awarded upon completion of an
educational program at the graduate level leading to a doctoral degree; law
and medical degrees are included
ACM
Academic Common Market*
*If the public
institutions in Arkansas do not offer degree programs in your desired field of
study, it may be possible to arrange a waiver of out-of-state tuition to attend
a cooperating public institution of higher education in another participating
state. Arkansas is a member of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB).
Residents of a SREB
state may participate in the
SREB Academic Common Market
(ACM), an agreement that enables students to pursue unique fields of study
offered at public institutions in the other SREB
states while paying in-state tuition. Savings to both states and students are
significant. The state saves because the Common Market provides costly,
specialized programs that otherwise would have to be duplicated.
To learn more about SREB, go to their website:
www.sreb.org.
Visit the Arkansas
Department of Education website to learn more about the Arkansas Health
Education Grant Program: www.arkansashighered.com/arheg.html
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - Regional Programs
Technical Support
If you are experiencing technical problems with any of the
Regional Program sites, or see an error, please contact our support center
at 1-800-547-8680. Please record any error messages with the name of the
page, date you saw the error, and a description of the error and to us.
