2022 Best Value Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Economics is the 18th most popular major in the country with 48,831 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, economics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,295 and had an average of $21,978 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arkansas, there were 95 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,900 and $25,750 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,188 and $113,908 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality economics 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 economics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Economics in Arkansas (With Aid)

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s economics degrees in 2019-2020.

UARK also made our “Best Economics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UARK are $22,121, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Arkansas Economics Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Economics in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Economics (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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