2023 Best Value General Education Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best General Education Master's Degree School for You
With 133 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general education is the #54 most popular major in Arkansas.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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, Course Advisor 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. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Arkansas to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for education 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.
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2023 Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas
Check out the education master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Best Arkansas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in General Education
Our analysis found University of Central Arkansas to be the best value school for general education students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Arkansas. Located in the small city of Conway, UCA is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCA are $6,773 per year.
UCA also took the #4 spot in our Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas rankings.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Arkansas University Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the remote town of Magnolia, Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a public school with a small student population.
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $6,894 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Harding University is a great value for general education students working on their master’s degree. Harding is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Searcy.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Harding are $11,080 per year.
Harding did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Arkansas Tech University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in Arkansas. ATU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Russellville.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at ATU are $7,037 per year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the city of Fort Smith, UAFS is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UAFS are $8,433 a year.
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 |
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Georgia | 117 |
Virginia | 918 |
North Carolina | 255 |
Florida | 622 |
Tennessee | 605 |
Kentucky | 95 |
South Carolina | 352 |
Louisiana | 116 |
Alabama | 115 |
Mississippi | 407 |
West Virginia | 301 |
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General Education Related Majors for Education
General Education is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Education
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Teacher Education Grade Specific | 110,226 |
Educational Administration | 46,469 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific | 43,297 |
Special Education | 36,792 |
Curriculum & Instruction | 19,832 |
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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