2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Liberal Arts General Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 1st of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, liberal arts general studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arkansas, there were 7,558 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,250 and $15,847 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,293 and $39,432 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts general studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts general studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the liberal arts general studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Liberal Arts General Studies Schools

The liberal arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in Arkansas

#1

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$14,884 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arkansas at Little Rock is a medium-sized school located in Little Rock, Arkansas that handed out 6 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UA Little Rock, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UA Little Rock are $14,884.

Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at University of Arkansas at Little Rock

#2

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$12,087 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas list. ATU is a fairly large public school situated in Russellville, Arkansas. It awarded 3 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

ATU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at ATU are $12,087.

Full ATU Liberal Arts General Studies Report

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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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