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2023 Best Value Trade School Schools in Arkansas
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
With all the trade school 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Trade School Schools in Arkansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 21 schools in Arkansas to see which programs offered the best value experiences for trade school 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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Top Value Trade Schools in Arkansas
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Our analysis found Arkansas State University - Newport to be the best value school for trade school students in Arkansas. ASUN is a small public school situated in Newport, Arkansas. It awarded 1,296 degrees in 2021-2022.
ASUN undergraduate students pay an average of $4,416 in tuition and fees each year.
ASUN did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Trade Schools in Arkansas list.
Out of the 21 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, South Arkansas Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. SouthArk is a public institution located in El Dorado, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 704 degrees in 2021-2022.
SouthArk undergraduate students pay an average of $5,124 in tuition and fees each year.
The excellent programs at Arkansas State University Three Rivers helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value trade schools in Arkansas. Arkansas State University Three Rivers is a small public school located in Malvern, Arkansas that handed out 537 degrees in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at ASU Three Rivers are $5,780 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, ASU Three Rivers is ranked #5 for overall quality in Arkansas.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Arkansas Community College - Batesville is a great place for trade school students who want to get the most value for their educational dollar. University of Arkansas Community College - Batesville is a small public school located in Batesville, Arkansas that handed out 770 degrees in 2021-2022.
UACCB undergraduate students pay an average of $3,750 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means NorthWest Arkansas Community College is a great place for trade school students who want to get the most value for their educational dollar. This medium-sized public school is located in Bentonville, Arkansas, and it awarded 2,045 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NWACC are $4,906 per year.
NWACC also made our Best Trade Schools in Arkansas list, coming in at #3.
Arkansas Northeastern College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for trade school students. It came in at #6 on the list. Blytheville, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 539 students in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Arkansas Northeastern College are $4,222 per year.
Arkansas State University - Mountain Home ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in Arkansas list. Mountain Home, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 830 students in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASUMH are $4,632 per year.
University of Arkansas Rich Mountain came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Trade School Schools in Arkansas ranking. Mena, Arkansas is the setting for this very small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 462 students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at UA Rich Mountain are $3,960 a year.
Arkansas State University - Beebe landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value trade school programs. Arkansas State University - Beebe is a small public school located in Beebe, Arkansas that handed out 966 degrees in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at ASU-Beebe are $4,728 a year.
Black River Technical College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Schools in Arkansas list. This small public school is located in Pocahontas, Arkansas, and it awarded 1,859 degrees in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Black River Technical College are $6,888 a year.
Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Trade School Schools in Arkansas ranking. Helena, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 356 students in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Phillips County Community College are $5,060 per year.
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North Arkansas College landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value trade school programs. Harrison, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 623 students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Northark are $5,136 a year.
National Park College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for trade school students. It came in at #13 on the list. National Park College is a public institution located in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 792 degrees in 2021-2022.
National Park College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,880 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Trade School Schools in Arkansas ranking. UA Pulaski Tech is a public institution located in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1,914 degrees in 2021-2022.
UA Pulaski Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $7,050 in tuition and fees each year.
Arkansas State University - Main Campus landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value trade school programs. A-State is a public institution located in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5,133 degrees in 2021-2022.
A-State undergraduate students pay an average of $13,312 in tuition and fees each year.
A-State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Trade Schools in Arkansas list.
University of Arkansas - Fort Smith came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Trade School Schools in Arkansas ranking. This medium-sized public school is located in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and it awarded 1,408 degrees in 2021-2022.
UAFS undergraduate students pay an average of $13,594 in tuition and fees each year.
Southern Arkansas University Tech came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Trade School Schools in Arkansas ranking. Camden, Arkansas is the setting for this very small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 851 students in 2021-2022.
SAU Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $6,210 in tuition and fees each year.
Arkansas Tech University landed the #18 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value trade school programs. Located in Russellville, Arkansas, the medium-sized public school handed out 3,923 degrees in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at ATU are $13,891 a year.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for trade school students. It came in at #19 on the list. University of Arkansas at Little Rock is a medium-sized public school located in Little Rock, Arkansas that handed out 2,279 degrees in 2021-2022.
UA Little Rock undergraduate students pay an average of $21,767 in tuition and fees each year.
UA Little Rock also took the #4 spot in our Best Trade Schools in Arkansas rankings.
University of Central Arkansas landed the #20 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value trade school programs. Located in Conway, Arkansas, the medium-sized public school awarded 2,508 diplomas to qualifed students in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCA are $16,728 per year.
University of Arkansas at Monticello came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Trade School Schools in Arkansas ranking. Monticello, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 1,158 students in 2021-2022.
UAM undergraduate students pay an average of $14,281 in tuition and fees each year.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 21 schools only.
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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