by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Arkansas” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Sociology is the 25th most popular major in the country with 38,475 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, sociology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,426 and had an average of $24,587 in loans still to pay off.
Across Arkansas, there were 228 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,431 and $30,959 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 218 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,130 and $24,615 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Arkansas” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in sociology. That schools that top this list have a program in sociology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Arkansas”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Philander Smith College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Arkansas. Philander Smith College is a small school located in Little Rock, Arkansas that handed out 9 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the Ozarks. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Arkansas. Clarksville, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s sociology degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ouachita Baptist University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Arkansas. This small school is located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Arkansas. UA Little Rock is a medium-sized school located in Little Rock, Arkansas that handed out 30 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Hendrix College landed the #5 spot on the list. Hendrix College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Conway, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Central Arkansas came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Arkansas ranking. This fairly large school is located in Conway, Arkansas, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of Arkansas landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Arkansas ranking. University of Arkansas is a large school located in Fayetteville, Arkansas that handed out 73 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Henderson State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Arkansas ranking. Henderson State University is located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s sociology degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Arkansas State University - Main Campus came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Arkansas ranking. Located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, this fairly large public school handed out 40 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s sociology students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Arkansas Tech University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Sociology Major in Arkansas list. ATU is a medium-sized school located in Russellville, Arkansas that handed out 17 bachelors’s sociology degrees in 2020-2021.
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