A degree in engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #7 out of 38 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Arkansas to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 962 degrees in engineering to qualified students.
Your choice of engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Engineering Schools in Arkansas list to help you make the college decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the engineering degree levels they offer.
University of Arkansas is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in engineering. Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #239 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UARK is a great university overall.
There were roughly 690 engineering students who graduated with this degree at UARK in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the engineering program state that they receive average early career earnings of $74,218.
Any student pursuing a degree in engineering needs to take a look at John Brown University. JBU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Siloam Springs. This university ranks 6th out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were roughly 20 engineering students who graduated with this degree at JBU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the engineering program report average early career income of $67,911.
It is hard to beat Arkansas Tech University if you want to pursue a degree in engineering. ATU is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Russellville. This university ranks 12th out of 36 schools for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were about 72 engineering students who graduated with this degree at ATU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the engineering program state that they receive average early career wages of $69,759.
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).
Your choice of engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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