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2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas

6 Ranked Colleges
242 Degrees Awarded
$15,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor's in Arkansas

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Business/Commerce is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 55,749 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Arkansas, there were 819 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 242 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,332 and $22,750 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general business/commerce. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general business/commerce programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general business/commerce program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas

The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas bachelor’s degree general business students.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in Arkansas

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas. This large school is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

UARK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. The yearly cost to attend UARK is $16,381 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree General Business students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UARK General Business/Commerce Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Arkansas. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas. University of Central Arkansas is a public institution located in Conway, Arkansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 51 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCA, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UCA is $15,376 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree General Business students.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at University of Central Arkansas

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Arkansas University Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas list. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a public institution located in Magnolia, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 74 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus also made our “Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is $14,270 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree General Business students.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus

#4

Henderson State University

Arkadelphia, Arkansas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Henderson State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas. This small school is located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and it awarded 54 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

Henderson State University also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Henderson State University is $10,270 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree General Business students.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at Henderson State University

#5

Strayer University - Arkansas

Little Rock, Arkansas
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Arkansas. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas list. Strayer University - Arkansas is a small school located in Little Rock, Arkansas that handed out 7 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Strayer University - Arkansas, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at Strayer University - Arkansas

#6

John Brown University

Siloam Springs, Arkansas
#1 in overall quality

John Brown University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas ranking, coming in at #6. John Brown University is a small school located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas that handed out 13 bachelors’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

JBU also made our “Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $21,963 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree General Business students per year to attend John Brown University.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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