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2023 Best Value Computer Science Schools in Arkansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$9,569 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$72,335 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Computer Science School for You

In 2020-2021, 22 degrees and certificates were awarded to computer science students who went to a Arkansas college or university. This makes it the #49 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Computer Science Schools in Arkansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Arkansas to see which programs offered the best value experiences for compsci students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Computer Science Schools in Arkansas

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Computer Science Colleges.

Best Arkansas Schools for Affordable Quality in Computer Science

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR
$9,574 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Arkansas to be the best value school for computer science students who want to pursue a degree in Arkansas. Located in the city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UARK are $9,574 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UARK is ranked #3 for overall quality for compsci in Arkansas.

Read full report on Computer Science at University of Arkansas

$9,563 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Central Arkansas. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Computer Science Schools in Arkansas list. UCA is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Conway.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UCA are $9,563 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UCA is ranked #4 for overall quality for compsci in Arkansas.

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Best Value Computer Science Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Computer Science Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 10
Florida 112
Georgia 478
North Carolina 696
Tennessee 140
Kentucky 39
Louisiana 102
Alabama 33
South Carolina 27
Mississippi 6
West Virginia 14

Computer Science is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to CompSci

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 20,748
Information Technology 10,754
Information Science 6,934
Computer Software & Applications 4,047
Computer Systems Analysis 817

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Negative Space.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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