2022 Best Value Geography Schools in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Geography Schools in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Geography is the 144th most popular major in the country with 5,476 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Arkansas, there were 21 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Geography Schools in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in geography. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great geography programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the geography program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Geography Schools in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Geography Schools in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Geography in Arkansas (With Aid)

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$16,381 Average Net Price

$42,433 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 Geography Schools in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid. Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this large public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified ’s geography students in 2019-2020.

UARK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Geography Schools in Arkansas” list. It costs about $16,381 for Arkansas Geography students with aid per year to attend UARK.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Geography at University of Arkansas

#2

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$15,376 Average Net Price

$38,709 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Arkansas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Geography Schools in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid list. University of Central Arkansas is located in Conway, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 ’s geography degrees to qualified students.

UCA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Geography Schools in Arkansas” list. The yearly cost to attend UCA is $15,376 for Arkansas Geography students with aid.

Read more about Geography at UCA

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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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