2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Arkansas (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Engineering is the 78th most popular major in the country with 11,925 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,152 and had an average of $20,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arkansas, there were 177 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,700 and $24,250 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 60 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,293 and $39,432 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Arkansas (With Aid)

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$87,532 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid list. UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 55 masters’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

UARK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering 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 UARK are $22,121.

Full University of Arkansas General Engineering Report

#2

Arkansas State University - Main Campus

Jonesboro, Arkansas

$11,586 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid. Located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, this fairly large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

A-State also took the #0 spot in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arkansas State University - Main Campus are $11,586, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full A-State General Engineering Report

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (With Aid)

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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