by our College Data Analytics TeamExplore the best ranked schools for the programs you are most interested in.
SouthArk landed the #1,933 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when SouthArk held the #1,988 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 36 colleges in Arkansas, SouthArk is ranked at #24.
See all of the rankings for South Arkansas Community College.
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 measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 49% rate at South 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 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 13% of students took out student loans averaging $4,783 a year. That adds up to $19,132 over four years for those students.
Get more details about paying for South Arkansas Community College.
See which majors at South Arkansas Community College make the most money.
Get more details about the location of South Arkansas Community College.
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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 343 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 129 | NA |
| Health Sciences & Services | 94 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 89 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 62 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 60 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 51 | NA |
| Nursing | 46 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 32 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 26 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 714 students took at least one online class at South Arkansas Community College. This is an increase from the 670 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 714 | 334 |
| 2021-2022 | 670 | 333 |
| 2020-2021 | 734 | 328 |
| 2018-2019 | 699 | 249 |
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.
References
More about our data sources and methodologies.