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2023 Best Value General Engineering Schools in Arkansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$8,739 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$78,112 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Engineering School for You

With 117 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general engineering is the #22 most popular major in Arkansas.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value General Engineering Schools in Arkansas ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Arkansas to see which programs offered the best value experiences for engineering 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 General Engineering Schools in Arkansas

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Engineering Colleges.

Best Arkansas Schools for Affordable Quality in General Engineering

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR
$9,574 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Arkansas the best value school in Arkansas for general engineering students. Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UARK are $9,574 per year.

UARK not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best General Engineering Schools in Arkansas list.

Full General Engineering at University of Arkansas Report

$7,130 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Arkansas State University - Main Campus is a great value for general engineering students. Located in the small city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at A-State are $7,130 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, A-State is ranked #5 for overall quality for engineering in Arkansas.

Full General Engineering at Arkansas State University - Main Campus Report

$9,512 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Arkansas at Little Rock helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general engineering schools in Arkansas. UA Little Rock is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Little Rock.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UA Little Rock are $9,512 per year.

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Best Value General Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 117
Florida 13
Georgia 33
North Carolina 19
Tennessee 57
Louisiana 77
Alabama 222
Mississippi 47
West Virginia 57

One of 39 majors within the area of study, general engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 Rémi Kaupp.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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