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2022 Best Value General Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
89 Degrees Awarded
$16,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Economics Schools for a Bachelor's in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 31,150 people earned their degree in general economics, making the major the 22nd most popular in the United States.

Across Arkansas, there were 95 general economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 89 general economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,332 and $22,750 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general economics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general economics 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 general economics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Economics in Arkansas (With Aid)

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
#2 in overall quality

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 General Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid. Fayetteville, Arkansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general economics degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

UARK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. It costs about $16,381 for arkansas bachelor’s degree general economics students with aid per year to attend UARK.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full UARK General Economics Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Arkansas landed the #2 spot on the list. UCA is a fairly large public school situated in Conway, Arkansas. It awarded 21 bachelors’s general economics degrees in 2019-2020.

UCA also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Arkansas is $15,376 for arkansas bachelor’s degree general economics students with aid.

Read full report on General Economics at University of Central Arkansas

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, this fairly large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general economics students in 2019-2020.

A-State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. The yearly cost to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus is $13,406 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree General Economics students with aid.

Full A-State General Economics Report

#4

Hendrix College

Conway, Arkansas
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Hendrix College landed the #4 spot on the list. Hendrix is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Conway, Arkansas. It awarded 25 bachelors’s general economics degrees in 2019-2020.

Hendrix not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. It costs about $19,295 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree General Economics students with aid per year to attend Hendrix College.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Economics at Hendrix College

#5

Lyon College

Batesville, Arkansas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lyon College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value General Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid. Batesville, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general economics degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lyon, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lyon College is $15,447 for arkansas bachelor’s degree general economics students with aid.

Read full report on General Economics at Lyon College

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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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