2022 Best Value Computer and Information Sciences Schools for an Associate in Arkansas

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Computer and Information Sciences Schools for an Associate in Arkansas” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Computer & Information Sciences is the 18th most popular major in the country with 48,796 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Arkansas, there were 628 general computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 71 general computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,815 and $15,092 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Computer and Information Sciences Schools for an Associate in Arkansas” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general computer and information sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general computer and information sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general computer and information sciences 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 Computer and Information Sciences Schools for an Associate in Arkansas

The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas associate degree computer and information sciences students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Computer & Information Sciences in Arkansas

#1

University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College

North Little Rock, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$12,030 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Computer and Information Sciences Schools for an Associate in Arkansas. Located in North Little Rock, Arkansas, this small public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified associates’s computer and information sciences students in 2019-2020.

UA Pulaski Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Computer & Information Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. It costs about $12,030 for arkansas associate degree computer and information sciences students per year to attend UA Pulaski Tech.

Read more about General Computer & Information Sciences at University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College

#2

NorthWest Arkansas Community College

Bentonville, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$6,574 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend NorthWest Arkansas Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Computer and Information Sciences Schools for an Associate in Arkansas. Bentonville, Arkansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s computer and information sciences degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

NWACC also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Computer & Information Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. It costs about $6,574 for arkansas associate degree computer and information sciences students per year to attend NWACC.

Read more about General Computer & Information Sciences at NWACC

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Computer & Information Sciences in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Computer & Information Sciences

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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