by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Education Major in Arkansas for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Education is the 41st most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,719 and had an average of $23,394 in loans still to pay off.
Across Arkansas, there were 133 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,832 and $23,937 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 82 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,130 and $24,615 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Education Major in Arkansas for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular general education programs in the United States.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Education Major in Arkansas for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas bachelor’s degree education students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas at Monticello. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Education Major in Arkansas for a Bachelor’s. University of Arkansas at Monticello is a public institution located in Monticello, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 46 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Education Major in Arkansas for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #2 spot on the list. Fayetteville, Arkansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 24 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harding University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Arkansas for a Bachelor’s list. Harding is a small school located in Searcy, Arkansas that handed out 7 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Education Major in Arkansas for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Ouachita Baptist University landed the #4 spot on the list. Ouachita Baptist is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. It awarded 3 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lyon College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Arkansas for a Bachelor’s list. Lyon is a small school located in Batesville, Arkansas that handed out 2 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
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