2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas” ranking.

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. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,332 and $22,750 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas” 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the geography program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas

The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas bachelor’s degree geography students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Geography in Arkansas

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$16,381 Average Net Price

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 for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas. University of Arkansas is a large school located in Fayetteville, Arkansas that handed out 10 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

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

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 Geography Report

#2

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$15,376 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Arkansas landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Central Arkansas is a fairly large school located in Conway, Arkansas that handed out 6 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

UCA also made our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $15,376 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree Geography students per year to attend University of Central Arkansas.

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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