Arkansas contains 49 schools that offer liberal arts and humanities programs. Harding University, the highest-ranking liberal arts and humanities school in AR, has a total student population of 6,484 and is the 224th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 49 liberal arts and humanities schools in Arkansas, only 5 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Bryan College comes out as the most expensive ($32,563/yr), with East Arkansas Community College as the lowest recorded at only $2,502/yr.
Liberal Arts and Humanities students from Arkansas schools who go on to become liberal arts and humanities graduate professionals, designers, artists, reporters, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 56,880 people working as education teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $62,160. Also, Mathematicians make on average $93,920 per year and there are about 2,770 of them employed in the US today.
Also, within the liberal arts and humanities schools in Arkansas, the average student population is 2,096 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from liberal arts and humanities, there are 2695 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,969 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $3,307, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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