2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Arkansas

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Engineering is the 83rd most popular major in the country with 9,411 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Arkansas, there were 148 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,332 and $22,750 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general engineering programs, but they also cost less that 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 general engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Arkansas

#1

John Brown University

Siloam Springs, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$16,791 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, John Brown University landed the #1 spot on the list. JBU is a small school located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas that handed out 19 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

JBU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. It costs about $16,791 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend JBU.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

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