2022 Best Value General Education Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas

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In 2019-2020, 29,936 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 28th most popular in the United States.

Across Arkansas, there were 122 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 41 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,293 and $39,432 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Education Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Education Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Education Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Arkansas

#1

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$11,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Arkansas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Education Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas. UCA is a fairly large school located in Conway, Arkansas that handed out 8 masters’s general education degrees in 2019-2020.

UCA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Arkansas are $11,648.

Read more about General Education at UCA

#2

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus

Magnolia, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$9,810 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Arkansas University Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Education Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a public institution located in Magnolia, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus are $9,810, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Education at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus

#3

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, Arkansas

#3 in overall quality

$12,087 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Education Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas Tech University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Russellville, Arkansas, this fairly large public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified masters’s general education students in 2019-2020.

ATU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Arkansas Tech University are $12,087.

Read more about General Education at Arkansas Tech University

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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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