2021 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Arkansas
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Finding the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for Non-Traditional Students
With 477 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, liberal arts / sciences & humanities is the #11 most popular major in Arkansas. This means that of the 39,135 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 1.2% were from a college or university in the state.
For this year's Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Arkansas ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a bachelor's in liberal arts / sciences & humanities. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts / sciences & humanities programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences & humanities program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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2021 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for Non-Traditional Students in Arkansas
Check out the liberal arts / sciences & humanities programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Arkansas at Little Rock tops the 2021 list of our schools in Arkansas that are best for non-traditional liberal arts / sciences & humanities students. UA Little Rock is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Little Rock. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UA Little Rock has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Arkansas ranking.
About 0.8% of UA Little Rock students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 3,830 students at UA Little Rock are exclusively online. About 4,141 of the students at UA Little Rock are attending part time.
Arkansas State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best liberal arts / sciences & humanities schools for non-traditional students. Located in the small city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public college with a large student population. A-State also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Arkansas rankings.
About 1.2% of A-State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 5,279 students at A-State are exclusively online. 6,811 students are part time.
Harding University earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the distant town of Searcy, Harding is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. Harding did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Arkansas list.
About 1.0% of Harding students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 916 students at Harding are exclusively online. About 1,290 of the students at Harding are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Henderson State University as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Henderson State University is a small public school located in the distant town of Arkadelphia. Henderson State University not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Arkansas list.
The student loan default rate at Henderson State University is lower than is typical, just 2.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 1,446 students take at least one class online at Henderson State University. 763 of Henderson State University students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Arkansas - Fort Smith as the #5 school in this year's rankings. UAFS is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Fort Smith. UAFS not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #5 on our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Arkansas list.
The student loan default rate at UAFS is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,332 students at UAFS that take at least one class online. About 2,069 of the students at UAFS are attending part time.
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Pine Bluff, UAPB is a public school with a small student population. UAPB also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Arkansas rankings.
About 3.6% of UAPB students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 1,800 students take at least one class online at UAPB. 450 students are part time.
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).
With 477 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, liberal arts / sciences & humanities is the #11 most popular major in Arkansas. This means that of the 39,135 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 1.2% were from a college or university in the state.
