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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, SouthArk is ranked #1,988 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when SouthArk held the #1,995 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 34 colleges in Arkansas, SouthArk is ranked at #31.
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If you are worried about getting into South 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 is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At South Arkansas Community College, this ratio is 13 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at South Arkansas Community College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At South Arkansas Community College this rate is 50%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,253 undergraduates at SouthArk with 530 being full-time and 723 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 SouthArk, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At SouthArk, approximately 9% of students took out student loans averaging $3,588 a year. That adds up to $14,352 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at SouthArk is 6.9%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for SouthArk are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 300 S West Ave, El Dorado, AR 71731-7010 |
| Phone: | 870-862-8131 |
| Website: | www.southark.edu/ |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 670 students took at least one online class at South Arkansas Community College. This is a decrease from the 734 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 670 | 333 |
| 2019-2020 | 734 | 328 |
| 2018-2019 | 656 | 262 |
| 2017-2018 | 699 | 249 |
| 2016-2017 | 682 | 244 |
Learn more about online learning at South Arkansas Community College.
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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