2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $48-$75k) in Arkansas

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General Education is the 35th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arkansas, there were 122 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,700 and $29,569 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 41 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,293 and $39,432 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general education 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 general education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $48-$75k) in Arkansas

#1

Harding University

Searcy, Arkansas

$11,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harding University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k list. Harding University is a small school located in Searcy, Arkansas that handed out 5 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Harding also took the #0 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Harding University are $11,928.

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#2

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, Arkansas

#3 in overall quality

$12,087 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$39,099 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Russellville, Arkansas, this fairly large public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified masters’s education students in 2019-2020.

ATU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Arkansas Tech University are $12,087.

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#3

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$11,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$45,696 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Arkansas. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Central Arkansas is located in Conway, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s education degrees to qualified students.

UCA also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCA are $11,648.

Read more about General Education at UCA

#4

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus

Magnolia, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$9,810 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Arkansas University Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Magnolia, Arkansas, this small public school handed out 15 degrees to qualified masters’s education students in 2019-2020.

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus are $9,810, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $48-$75k)

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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