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CollegeROIData

College Debt & ROI in Ar

23 colleges and universities in Ar with 403 school+major combinations analyzed.

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23
Schools
$27K
Avg Median Debt
$56K
Avg Year 1 Earnings
100%
Avg Graduation Rate

All Schools in Ar

University of Arkansas Grantham

public · 17 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $18K
Avg earnings: $68K/yr

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $19K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Ouachita Baptist University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $21K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

University of the Ozarks

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $22K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

Ecclesia College

private · 5 majors · Grad rate: 98%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Hendrix College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Williams Baptist University

private · 15 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $50K/yr

University of Arkansas-Fort Smith

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

University of Arkansas

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $60K/yr

John Brown University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Harding University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Crowley's Ridge College

private · 7 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $50K/yr

Arkansas Tech University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $61K/yr

Arkansas Baptist College

private · 6 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $49K/yr

Arkansas State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

University of Arkansas at Monticello

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $51K/yr

Philander Smith University

private · 15 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Henderson State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $30K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

University of Central Arkansas

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $31K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $31K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Lyon College

private · 19 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $35K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Central Baptist College

private · 19 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $36K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

Frequently Asked Questions

CollegeROIData tracks 23 colleges and universities in Ar, covering 403 school+major combinations with debt and earnings data.

The average median student debt across all school+major combinations in Ar is $27K. First-year earnings average $56K.

Among tracked schools, University of Arkansas Grantham has one of the lowest average debt levels in Ar. Use our school pages to compare ROI scores by major.

For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.

The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.

Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for this entity’s peers within U.S. degree-granting institutions. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, 2026.