South Arkansas Community College Overview

South Arkansas Community College is a public institution located in El Dorado, Arkansas. The charming, small-town atmosphere of El Dorado draws many to the area.

What Is South Arkansas Community College Known For?

• The student loan default rate at SouthArk is 4%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The associate's degree is the highest award offered at SouthArk.
• In <nil>, 100% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is South Arkansas Community College?

Contact details for SouthArk are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	300 S West Ave, El Dorado, AR 71731-7010
Phone:	870-862-8131
Website:	www.southark.edu

How Do I Get Into SouthArk?

You can apply to SouthArk online at: https://mycampus.southark.edu/ICS/ADmissions/Apply_Now.jnz

As long as you submit the requested materials to South Arkansas Community College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford South Arkansas Community College?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At SouthArk, approximately 9% of students took out student loans averaging $3,588 a year. That adds up to $14,352 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SouthArk is 3.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

South Arkansas Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,132 undergraduate students at SouthArk, with 450 being full-time and 682 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 450 full-time undergraduates at SouthArk, 33% are male and 67% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of South Arkansas Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2
Black or African American	158
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	239
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Over 3 countries are represented at SouthArk. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Pakistan, and Nepal.

Online Learning at South Arkansas Community College

In 2020-2021, 670 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SouthArk has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 24th most popular in Arkansas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of SouthArk

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at South Arkansas Community College was 11.5%. This is the #1,335 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SouthArk regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.