2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Arkansas

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Education Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 29,936 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arkansas, there were 122 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,700 and $29,569 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.

This year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general education programs and cost less that 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 Education Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value 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

$45,696 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Arkansas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas list. This fairly large school is located in Conway, Arkansas, and it awarded 8 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

UCA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Arkansas are $11,648, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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 be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Arkansas University Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas list. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is located in Magnolia, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s education degrees to qualified students.

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus also made our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus are $9,810, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Education at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus

#3

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, Arkansas

#3 in overall quality

$12,087 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$39,099 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arkansas Tech University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas. Located in Russellville, Arkansas, this fairly large public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s 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. Average graduate tuition and fees at ATU are $12,087, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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