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2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k

10 Ranked Colleges
180 Degrees Awarded
$25,050 Avg Salary
Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 $48-$75k” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fine and studio arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 10 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $48-$75k) in Arkansas

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k list. Fayetteville, Arkansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to 49 students in 2019-2020.

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 $16,336 for arkansas bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

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

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at University of Arkansas

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Arkansas State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Jonesboro, Arkansas that handed out 14 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees 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 yearly cost to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus is $14,235 for arkansas bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

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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 $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Arkansas landed the #3 spot on the list. UCA is a fairly large public school situated in Conway, Arkansas. It awarded 27 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UCA also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $14,880 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UCA.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at UCA

#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 $48-$75k. Located in Searcy, Arkansas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our arkansas bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $48-$75k list, Harding has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Harding University is $18,132 for arkansas bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Full Harding University Fine & Studio Arts Report

#10 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Arkansas - Fort Smith is a medium-sized school located in Fort Smith, Arkansas that handed out 3 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UAFS did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. The estimated yearly cost for UAFS is $11,238 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full University of Arkansas - Fort Smith Fine & Studio Arts Report

#6

Henderson State University

Arkadelphia, Arkansas

Henderson State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k list. Henderson State University is a public institution located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Henderson State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. It costs about $10,707 for arkansas bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Henderson State University.

Full Henderson State University Fine & Studio Arts Report

University of Arkansas at Little Rock did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Little Rock, Arkansas, this medium-sized public school handed out 28 degrees 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 $14,482 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Full UA Little Rock Fine & Studio Arts Report

#8

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, Arkansas

Arkansas Tech University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #8. Arkansas Tech University is a fairly large school located in Russellville, Arkansas that handed out 6 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

ATU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. It costs about $11,663 for arkansas bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend ATU.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at ATU

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #9. Magnolia, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #8. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is $15,245 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Southern Arkansas University Main Campus Fine & Studio Arts Report

#10

Ouachita Baptist University

Arkadelphia, Arkansas
#6 in overall quality

Ouachita Baptist University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k list. 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 also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend Ouachita Baptist is $20,185 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

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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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