2025 Best Elementary Education Schools in Arkansas
9Colleges in Arkansas
471Elementary Teaching Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in elementary education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #17 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in Arkansas to determine which ones were the best for elementary education students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 471 degrees in elementary education to qualified students.
Your choice of elementary education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Elementary Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The elementary teaching school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Elementary Education Schools in Arkansas.
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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 elementary teaching degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Arkansas is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in elementary education. UARK is a very large public university located in the city of Fayetteville. A Best Colleges rank of #239 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UARK is a great university overall.
There were roughly 100 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at UARK in the most recent data year.
Harding University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in elementary education. Harding is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Searcy. A Best Colleges rank of #640 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Harding is a great university overall.
There were roughly 64 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at Harding in the most recent year we have data available.
Ouachita Baptist University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in elementary education. Ouachita Baptist is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Arkadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #1377 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Ouachita Baptist is a great university overall.
There were approximately 11 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at Ouachita Baptist in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat University of Central Arkansas if you wish to pursue a degree in elementary education. Located in the small city of Conway, UCA is a public university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1428 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UCA is a great university overall.
There were about 60 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at UCA in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Magnolia, Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 15th out of 36 schools for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were roughly 25 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus in the most recent data year.
Located in the remote town of Russellville, ATU is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 12th out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were approximately 32 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at ATU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Fort Smith, UAFS is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 14th out of 36 schools for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were about 37 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at UAFS in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize city of Little Rock, UA Little Rock is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 13th out of 36 schools for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were about 24 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at UA Little Rock in the most recent year we have data available.
Henderson State University is a small public university located in the distant town of Arkadelphia. This university ranks 32nd out of 36 schools for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were approximately 34 elementary education students who graduated with this degree at Henderson State University in the most recent year we have data available.
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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Your choice of elementary education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Elementary Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
