Arkansas State Selected Among Nation’s Most Affordable Online Colleges
July 29, 2015
JONESBORO – Arkansas State University is ranked in the latest list of “The 100 Most
Affordable Online Colleges in the U.S.,” according to Great Value Colleges, a website
whose mission is to help students get the best possible education for their money.
A-State, ranked 58th overall, is listed among the group of colleges and universities
whose tuition is “less than $8,000 per year” for instate tuition and fees.
The site describes Arkansas State, “The four online bachelor’s degrees available from
Arkansas State are completion programs, designed to accommodate students that have
completed the first half of their college education in some other manner. Students
looking to do their entire degree online can find many associate degree programs online
that can be transferred. The available programs are disaster preparedness/emergency
management, general studies, interdisciplinary studies, and RN to BSN (Nursing).”
The listings are based on institutional reports to the National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES). The selected institutions must offer at least one complete bachelor’s
degree online, though many on the list offer a number of online degrees.
Institutions of all sizes are located from all regions of the United States and, including
public and private colleges, public and private universities, online-only branches
of major universities, religious institutions and more. Only accredited online colleges
and accredited online universities were considered.
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