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2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k

10 Ranked Colleges
180 Degrees Awarded
$11,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Fine & Studio Arts is the 29th most popular major in the country with 39,860 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, fine and studio arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $23,847 and had an average of $28,316 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arkansas, there were 184 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,050 and $20,609 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 180 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,332 and $22,750 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in fine and studio arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fine and studio arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the fine and studio arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 10 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Arkansas

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

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 Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Arkansas is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 49 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.

UARK also took the #1 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Arkansas is $12,094 for arkansas bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

Full University of Arkansas Fine & Studio Arts Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, this fairly large public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

A-State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. The estimated yearly cost for Arkansas State University - Main Campus is $10,948 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

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Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Arkansas landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Conway, Arkansas, this fairly large public school handed out 27 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

UCA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Arkansas is $13,549 for arkansas bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#4

Harding University

Searcy, Arkansas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harding University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k. This small school is located in Searcy, Arkansas, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Harding not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. The yearly cost to attend Harding University is $13,930 for arkansas bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Little Rock, Arkansas, this medium-sized public school handed out 28 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

UA Little Rock not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. It costs about $13,936 for arkansas bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UA Little Rock.

Full University of Arkansas at Little Rock Fine & Studio Arts Report

#10 in overall quality

University of Arkansas - Fort Smith landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. University of Arkansas - Fort Smith is located in Fort Smith, Arkansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.

UAFS not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. It costs about $7,838 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Arkansas - Fort Smith.

Full UAFS Fine & Studio Arts Report

#7

Henderson State University

Arkadelphia, Arkansas

Henderson State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k list. Henderson State University is a small public school situated in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. It awarded 8 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Henderson State University, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. It costs about $9,810 for arkansas bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Henderson State University.

Full Henderson State University Fine & Studio Arts Report

#8

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, Arkansas

Arkansas Tech University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. This fairly large school is located in Russellville, Arkansas, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ATU, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. It costs about $9,842 for arkansas bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Arkansas Tech University.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Arkansas Tech University

#9

Ouachita Baptist University

Arkadelphia, Arkansas
#6 in overall quality

Ouachita Baptist University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #9. Ouachita Baptist is located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.

Ouachita Baptist did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. It costs about $13,042 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Ouachita Baptist University.

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Southern Arkansas University Main Campus landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is located in Magnolia, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $13,158 for arkansas bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Southern Arkansas University Main Campus.

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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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