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2023 Best Value General Education Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$8,043 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,291 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Education Master's Degree School for You

With 51 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general education is the #30 most popular major in Arkansas.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value General Education Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Arkansas to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Arkansas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in General Education

Our 2023 rankings named University of Central Arkansas the best value school in Arkansas for general education students working on their master’s degree. UCA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Conway.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCA are $6,773 per 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 education in Arkansas.

Read full report on General Education at University of Central Arkansas

The excellent master’s degree programs at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in Arkansas. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a small public school located in the town of Magnolia.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus are $6,894 per year.

Full General Education at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus Report

#3

Harding University

Searcy, AR

Out of the 5 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Harding University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the town of Searcy, Harding is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Harding graduate students pay an average of $11,080 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Harding is ranked #1 for overall quality for education in Arkansas.

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#4

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, AR

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arkansas Tech University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the remote town of Russellville, ATU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

ATU graduate students pay an average of $7,037 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 5 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith landed the # 5 spot on the list. UAFS is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Fort Smith.

UAFS graduate students pay an average of $8,433 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full General Education at University of Arkansas - Fort Smith Report

Best Value General Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 864
Florida 407
Georgia 106
North Carolina 144
Tennessee 309
Kentucky 87
Louisiana 77
Alabama 115
South Carolina 286
Mississippi 276
West Virginia 230

One of 14 majors within the area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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 KOKUYO.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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