2022 Best Value Materials Science Schools in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Materials Science Schools in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Materials Sciences is the 258th most popular major in the country with 689 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, materials sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $60,225 and had an average of $23,698 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arkansas, there were 12 materials sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality materials sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the materials sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The materials science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Materials Science Schools in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Materials Science Schools in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Materials Science Schools in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Materials Sciences in Arkansas (With Aid)

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$16,381 Average Net Price

$42,433 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Materials Science Schools in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this large public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified ’s materials science students in 2019-2020.

UARK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Materials Sciences Schools in Arkansas” list. The estimated yearly cost for UARK is $16,381 for Arkansas Materials Science students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read full report on Materials Sciences at University of Arkansas

• Best Value Colleges for Materials Sciences in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Colleges for Materials Sciences (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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