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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Arkansas

5 Ranked Colleges
107 Degrees Awarded
$16,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor's 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 EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Electrical Engineering is the 31st most popular major in the country with 30,670 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, electrical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $70,098 and had an average of $23,581 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arkansas, there were 141 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,750 and $21,052 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 107 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,332 and $22,750 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in electrical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent electrical engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the electrical engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Arkansas

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas. University of Arkansas is a public institution located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 54 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UARK also took the #2 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. It costs about $16,381 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree EE students per year to attend UARK.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UARK Electrical Engineering Report

#2

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, Arkansas

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas Tech University landed the #2 spot on the list. ATU is located in Russellville, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 39 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our arkansas bachelor’s degree ee students list, ATU has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Arkansas Tech University is $10,772 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree EE students.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas list. Arkansas State University - Main Campus is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at A-State, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend A-State is $13,406 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree EE students.

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#4

Harding University

Searcy, Arkansas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harding University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas. Harding is a private not-for-profit institution located in Searcy, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Harding not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. It costs about $19,375 for arkansas bachelor’s degree ee students per year to attend Harding University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at Harding University

#5

John Brown University

Siloam Springs, Arkansas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend John Brown University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas. This small school is located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

JBU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. It costs about $21,963 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree EE students per year to attend JBU.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at John Brown 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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