2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $48-$75k) in Arkansas

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Liberal Arts is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 365,980 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Arkansas, there were 3,894 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 70 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,332 and $22,750 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in liberal arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the liberal arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $48-$75k) in Arkansas

#1

Williams Baptist University

Walnut Ridge, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$18,767 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Williams Baptist University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s liberal studies students in 2019-2020.

WBU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. It costs about $18,767 for arkansas bachelor’s degree liberal studies students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Williams Baptist University.

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#2

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$14,482 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arkansas For Those Making $48-$75k list. This medium-sized school is located in Little Rock, Arkansas, and it awarded 54 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UA Little Rock did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arkansas at Little Rock is $14,482 for Arkansas Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $48-$75k)

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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