Find Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Best Value General Engineering Schools in Arkansas

Find Schools Near

2023 Best Value General Engineering Schools in Arkansas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$13,785 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$78,112 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Engineering School for You

With 173 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general engineering is the #46 most popular major in Arkansas.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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, Course Advisor has created the Best Value General Engineering Schools in Arkansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Arkansas to see which ones offered the best value programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 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 analysis found University of Arkansas to be the best value school for general engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Arkansas. UARK is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Fayetteville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UARK are $9,574 a year.

UARK also took the #1 spot in our Best General Engineering Schools in Arkansas rankings.

Read More…

$7,130 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Arkansas State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general engineering schools in Arkansas. A-State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Jonesboro.

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

Read More…

$9,512 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value General Engineering Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the midsize city of Little Rock, UA Little Rock is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

UA Little Rock undergraduate students pay an average of $9,512 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Engineering at University of Arkansas at Little Rock

#4

John Brown University

Siloam Springs, AR
$28,924 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend John Brown University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value General Engineering Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the town of Siloam Springs, JBU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at JBU are $28,924 a year. The average amount in student loans that engineering majors at JBU take out is $26,488.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, JBU is ranked #3 for overall quality for engineering in Arkansas.

Read full report on General Engineering at John Brown University

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
Georgia 170
Virginia 647
North Carolina 660
Florida 18
Tennessee 134
Kentucky 0
South Carolina 10
Louisiana 168
Alabama 225
Mississippi 264
West Virginia 84

One of 40 majors within the area of study, general engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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.

Featured Schools

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.