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2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
107 Degrees Awarded
$16,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor's in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Electrical Engineering is the 31st most popular major in the country with 30,670 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, electrical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $70,098 and had an average of $23,581 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arkansas, there were 141 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,750 and $21,052 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 107 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,332 and $22,750 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in electrical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality electrical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the electrical engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Arkansas (With Aid)

#1

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, Arkansas
#4 in overall quality
$10,772 Average Net Price
$70,680 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid list. Russellville, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s EE degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

ATU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. The estimated yearly cost for Arkansas Tech University is $10,772 for arkansas bachelor’s degree ee students with aid.

Full ATU Electrical Engineering Report

#2

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
#2 in overall quality
$16,381 Average Net Price
$72,643 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and it awarded 54 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

UARK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. It costs about $16,381 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree EE students with aid per year to attend UARK.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UARK Electrical Engineering Report

#3

Arkansas State University - Main Campus

Jonesboro, Arkansas
#5 in overall quality
$13,406 Average Net Price
$69,338 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid. A-State is a fairly large public school situated in Jonesboro, Arkansas. It awarded 5 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

A-State also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $13,406 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree EE students with aid per year to attend A-State.

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#4

John Brown University

Siloam Springs, Arkansas
#1 in overall quality
$21,963 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend John Brown University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

JBU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. It costs about $21,963 for arkansas bachelor’s degree ee students with aid per year to attend John Brown University.

The low student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

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#5

Harding University

Searcy, Arkansas
#3 in overall quality
$19,375 Average Net Price

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Harding University landed the #5 spot on the list. Harding University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Searcy, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Harding also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $19,375 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree EE students with aid per year to attend Harding.

The low student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

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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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