2024 Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Education in Arkansas
12
Colleges
53,692
Bachelor's Degrees
$20,611
Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Value Education School for You
In 2021-2022, education students earned 53,692 bachelor's degrees from an Arkansas school, making the subject the 3rd in the state. This means that 1.0% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
This year's Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Education in Arkansas ranking looked at 12 colleges that offer a bachelor's in education. Note that the phrase 'best value' does not mean the absolute lowest-priced. We are more focused on education schools that offer a high quality education at a price lower that other schools of similar academic excellence.
Average cost figures start with estimating tuition, fees, room and board, books, and other related expenses. We then subtract the average amount of financial aid that a student receives. You can use this as a gauge to estimate how much you may need to pay out of pocket to cover costs when financial aid isn't enough. Keep in mind that the net cost for you may be higher or lower, depending on your income and other factors.
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When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Value Education Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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2024 Best Value Education Schools in Arkansas
The following schools top our list of the Best Education Colleges for the Money.
Top 10 Best Value Education Schools
University of Arkansas earned the #1 spot in our 2024 rankings. UARK is a fairly large public school located in the city of Fayetteville. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UARK, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Education Schools in Arkansas ranking.
At UARK, the average time it takes a student to graduate is 4.3 years, and on average, the annual cost to attend the school is $31,981. This makes the estimated cost of a bachelor’s degree from UARK be around $137,838. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.
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The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Arkansas State University - Main Campus. A-State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Jonesboro. As a testament to the quality of education offered at A-State, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Education Schools in Arkansas ranking.
It takes about 4.4 years for the average student at A-State to complete their degree, and on average, the annual cost to attend the school is $17,763. This makes the estimated cost of a bachelor’s degree from A-State be around $77,447. Graduating sooner can prevent you from having to pay more money out of pocket.
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Our rankings recognize Arkansas Tech University as the #3 school in this year's rankings. ATU is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Russellville. ATU did well in our quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our Best Education Schools in Arkansas list.
The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at ATU is 4.5 years, and the yearly average cost to attend the school is $17,268. This means that the average student pays around $77,361 to get a bachelor’s degree from ATU. Graduating sooner can prevent you from having to pay more money out of pocket.
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Our rankings recognize University of Central Arkansas as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the small city of Conway, UCA is a public school with a medium-sized student population. UCA also took the #4 spot in our Best Education Schools in Arkansas rankings.
The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at UCA is 4.4 years, and on average, the annual cost to attend the school is $18,595. Putting this cost and the average time to graduate together, we find that the average amount you’ll pay to get a bachelor’s degree from UCA is $82,562. Graduating sooner can prevent you from having to pay more money out of pocket.
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The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Southern Arkansas University Main Campus. Located in the town of Magnolia, Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Education Schools in Arkansas ranking.
The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is 4.4 years, and the yearly average cost to attend the school is $18,660. This means that the average student pays around $81,171 to get a bachelor’s degree from Southern Arkansas University Main Campus. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.
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The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. Located in the city of Fort Smith, UAFS is a public college with a medium-sized student population. In addition to being on our best value list, UAFS has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Education Schools in Arkansas ranking.
It takes about 4.6 years for the average student at UAFS to complete their degree, and on average, the annual cost to attend the school is $21,001. Looking at these numbers together, we estimate that the average cost of a bachelor’s degree from UAFS is about $95,765. If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.
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University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the #7 spot in our 2024 rankings for best value education schools. Located in the city of Little Rock, UA Little Rock is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. UA Little Rock also took the #7 spot in our Best Education Schools in Arkansas rankings.
It takes about 4.5 years for the average student at UA Little Rock to complete their degree, and the estimated yearly cost for the school is $26,656. This makes the estimated cost of a bachelor’s degree from UA Little Rock be around $119,952. Graduating sooner can prevent you from having to pay more money out of pocket.
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Our rankings recognize Henderson State University as the #8 school in this year's rankings. Located in the distant town of Arkadelphia, Henderson State University is a public college with a small student population.
The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at Henderson State University is 4.5 years, and the average full-time cost to attend the school is around $18,653. Thus, the average cost to get a bachelor’s degree from the Henderson State University is $84,125. When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.
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Harding University earned the #9 spot in our 2024 rankings. Harding is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Searcy. Harding also made our Best Education Schools in Arkansas list, coming in at #2.
At Harding, the average time it takes a student to graduate is 4.3 years, and on average, the annual cost to attend the school is $23,403. This means that the average student pays around $101,569 to get a bachelor’s degree from Harding. If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.
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Our rankings recognize University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff as the #10 school in this year's rankings. UAPB is a small public school located in the city of Pine Bluff.
It takes the average student at UAPB about 4.6 years to graduate, and the estimated yearly cost for the school is $15,745. Looking at these numbers together, we estimate that the average cost of a bachelor’s degree from UAPB is about $71,640. Graduating sooner can prevent you from having to pay more money out of pocket.
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