2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Arkansas

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arkansas, there were 7,558 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,250 and $15,847 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,293 and $39,432 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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 liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Arkansas

#1

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$14,884 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas list. University of Arkansas at Little Rock is a public institution located in Little Rock, Arkansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UA Little Rock did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arkansas at Little Rock are $14,884, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UA Little Rock Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

#2

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$12,087 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas list. Russellville, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

ATU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at ATU are $12,087, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Arkansas Tech University

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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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