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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Schools in Arkansas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$8,756 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,908 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Sciences School for You

Social Sciences is the #18 most popular major in Arkansas with 47 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Social Sciences Schools in Arkansas ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Arkansas to see which programs offered the best value experiences for social sciences 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Social Sciences Schools in Arkansas

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for social sciences majors pursuing a .

Best Arkansas Schools for Affordable Quality in Social Sciences

$7,130 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Arkansas State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for social sciences students who want to pursue a degree in Arkansas. A-State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Jonesboro.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at A-State are $7,130 a year.

A-State also took the #5 spot in our Best Social Sciences Schools in Arkansas rankings.

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$9,563 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Arkansas landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Conway, UCA is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCA are $9,563 per year.

UCA also took the #4 spot in our Best Social Sciences Schools in Arkansas rankings.

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#3

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR
$9,574 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Arkansas helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best social sciences schools in Arkansas. UARK is a very large public school located in the city of Fayetteville.

UARK undergraduate students pay an average of $9,574 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UARK also took the #3 spot in our Best Social Sciences Schools in Arkansas rankings.

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Best Value Social Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 65
Florida 594
North Carolina 572
Virginia 627
Tennessee 187
Georgia 456
South Carolina 80
Louisiana 163
West Virginia 86
Kentucky 150
Alabama 263

Social Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907
Anthropology 1,446
Criminology 936
General Social Sciences 745
Other Social Sciences 532
Urban Studies 432
Archeology 66
Demography & Population Studies 66

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

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 AndrГ© KГјnzelmann.

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