General Engineering is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #96 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Arkansas to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 149 degrees in general engineering to qualified students.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Engineering Schools in Arkansas ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's difficult to beat University of Arkansas if you want to pursue a degree in general engineering. Located in the city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #198 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UARK is a great university overall.
There were roughly 106 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at UARK in the most recent data year.
John Brown University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general engineering. JBU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Siloam Springs. This university ranks 4th out of 34 schools for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were about 8 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at JBU in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general engineering. UA Little Rock is a moderately-sized public university located in the midsize city of Little Rock. This university ranks 9th out of 34 schools for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were about 8 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at UA Little Rock in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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