2025 Best General Education Schools in Arkansas

General Education is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #31 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Arkansas to determine which ones were the best for general education students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 123 degrees in general education annually.

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Pick Your General Education Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Education Schools in Arkansas list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for General Education in Arkansas

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the general education degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Arkansas Schools in General Education

1

University of Central Arkansas
Conway, AR

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in general education needs to check out University of Central Arkansas. UCA is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Conway.More information about a degree in general education from University of Central Arkansas

2

Arkansas Tech University
Russellville, AR

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

It's hard to beat Arkansas Tech University if you want to pursue a degree in general education. ATU is a medium-sized public university located in the remote town of Russellville.More information about a degree in general education from Arkansas Tech University

Best General Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best General Education Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	715	580
North Carolina	710	252
Georgia	690	64
Virginia	630	915
Tennessee	624	590
South Carolina	530	352
Kentucky	518	76
Mississippi	501	285
Alabama	500	3
Louisiana	489	95
West Virginia	410	298

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General Education Related Rankings by Major

General Education is one of 0 different types of General Education programs to choose from.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
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