2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in Arkansas

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In 2020-2021, 29,810 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States.

Across Arkansas, there were 133 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,270 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in Arkansas” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general education.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in Arkansas

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in Arkansas”.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Arkansas

1

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus
Magnolia, Arkansas

#18 overall quality in Arkansas

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Arkansas University Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Magnolia, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general education degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.

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2

Arkansas Tech University
Russellville, Arkansas

#12 overall quality in Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in Arkansas list. ATU is located in Russellville, Arkansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 masters’s general education degrees to qualified students.

Full ATU General Education Report

3

University of Central Arkansas
Conway, Arkansas

#7 overall quality in Arkansas

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Arkansas landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Central Arkansas is located in Conway, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s general education degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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4

Harding University
Searcy, Arkansas

#2 overall quality in Arkansas

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Harding University landed the #4 spot on the list. Searcy, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general education degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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5

University of Arkansas - Fort Smith
Fort Smith, Arkansas

#13 overall quality in Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in Arkansas list. Located in Fort Smith, Arkansas, this medium-sized public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s general education students in 2020-2021.

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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