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Largest early childhood education programs in Arkansas
Arkansas early childhood education programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arkansas State University | Jonesboro | Public, 4-year | 93 |
| 2 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | Magnolia | Public, 4-year | 75 |
| 3 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | Fort Smith | Public, 4-year | 63 |
| 4 | University of Arkansas Community College-Batesville | Batesville | Public, 2-year | 44 |
| 5 | Arkansas State University-Beebe | Beebe | Public, 2-year | 31 |
| 6 | University of Arkansas at Monticello | Monticello | Public, 4-year | 18 |
| 7 | NorthWest Arkansas Community College | Bentonville | Public, 2-year | 17 |
| 8 | University of Arkansas | Fayetteville | Public, 4-year | 12 |
| 9 | Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas | Helena | Public, 2-year | 8 |
| 10 | South Arkansas College | El Dorado | Public, 2-year | 6 |
| 11 | Arkansas State University-Newport | Newport | Public, 2-year | 6 |
| 12 | Arkansas Northeastern College | Blytheville | Public, 2-year | 4 |
| 13 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | Pine Bluff | Public, 4-year | 3 |
| 14 | Ozarka College | Melbourne | Public, 2-year | 2 |
| 15 | University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana | Hope | Public, 2-year | 2 |
| 16 | Southern Arkansas University Tech | Camden | Public, 2-year | 1 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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