2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Arkansas

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended General Education Major in Arkansas for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Education is the 31st most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Arkansas, there were 133 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,270 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended General Education Major in Arkansas for a Master’s” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular general education programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended General Education Major in Arkansas for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended General Education Major in Arkansas for a Master’s”.

Top 5 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Arkansas

1

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus
Magnolia, Arkansas

#18 overall quality in Arkansas

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended General Education Major in Arkansas for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Arkansas University Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Magnolia, Arkansas, this small public school handed out 18 degrees to qualified masters’s general education students in 2020-2021.

Full Southern Arkansas University Main Campus General Education Report

2

Arkansas Tech University
Russellville, Arkansas

#12 overall quality in Arkansas

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended General Education Major in Arkansas for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas Tech University landed the #2 spot on the list. ATU is a medium-sized public school situated in Russellville, Arkansas. It awarded 15 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Education at ATU

3

University of Central Arkansas
Conway, Arkansas

#7 overall quality in Arkansas

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended General Education Major in Arkansas for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Arkansas landed the #3 spot on the list. Conway, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general education degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.

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%.

Full UCA General Education Report

4

University of Arkansas - Fort Smith
Fort Smith, Arkansas

#13 overall quality in Arkansas

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended General Education Major in Arkansas for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith landed the #4 spot on the list. Fort Smith, Arkansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general education degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

Full University of Arkansas - Fort Smith General Education Report

4

Harding University
Searcy, Arkansas

#2 overall quality in Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harding University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in Arkansas for a Master’s list. Searcy, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general education degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Education at Harding University

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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