by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
East Arkansas Community College was awarded 2 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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East Arkansas Community College is also ranked #20 out of 34 schools in Arkansas.
East Arkansas Community College was not ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
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If you are worried about getting into East Arkansas Community College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio at East Arkansas Community College is an impressive 11 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at East Arkansas Community College is 64%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 49% rate at East Arkansas Community College is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 934 undergraduates at East Arkansas Community College with 448 being full-time and 486 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of East Arkansas Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At East Arkansas Community College, approximately 2% of students took out student loans averaging $3,340 a year. That adds up to $13,360 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at East Arkansas Community College is 17.7%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.
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Contact details for East Arkansas Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1700 Newcastle Rd, Forrest City, AR 72335-2204 |
| Phone: | 870-633-4480 |
| Website: | https://www.eacc.edu/ |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 683 students took at least one online class at East Arkansas Community College. This is an increase from the 586 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 683 | 344 |
| 2019-2020 | 586 | 318 |
| 2018-2019 | 467 | 106 |
| 2017-2018 | 294 | 73 |
| 2016-2017 | 437 | 190 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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