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Tuition and fees do not include the cost of housing and food. For most students in the US, the cost of living away from home, whether in a dorm room or by renting an apartment, would exceed the cost of tuition and fees. [7] [9] In the 2023–2024 school year, living on campus (room and board) usually cost about $12,000 to $15,000 per student. [7]
This is a list of colleges and universities in Arkansas. This list also includes other educational institutions providing higher education , meaning tertiary , quaternary , and, in some cases, post-secondary education .
In 2017, a federal endowment tax was enacted in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 in the form of an excise tax of 1.4% on institutions that have at least 500 tuition-paying students and net assets of at least $500,000 per student. The $500,000 is not adjusted for inflation, so the threshold is effectively lowered over time.
The tuition cost was the main driver in money lost as tuition had been seldom raised since the 1880s and James estimated that the college was losing around $75 per student. James increased the tuition cost by $75 and offered student work programs to reduce fees by 20 cents an hour. The work included cooking, cleaning, repairs and farming.
For fall 2017 ASU-Beebe reported having 1,867 full-time students and 1,872 part-time students, for a total of 3,739 students, 59% of whom were female and 41% were male. [4] The student body was predominantly white 80%, with 6% reporting as Hispanic/Latino, 6% as Black or African-American, and 1% as Asian.
It was founded in 2003 as a result of a merger between Garland County Community College and Quapaw Technical Institute. [2] It is now one of the state's largest community colleges , enrolling 3,000 students annually in credit programs and an additional 3,800 students in non-credit programs.
The university recently celebrated a $1 billion fundraising campaign. TCU said the tuition increase was necessary to maintain its “standard of excellence.”
In April 2019, Haas Hall was allowed by the Arkansas Board of Education to address the issue by attending local festivals and events, advertising, and minority-targeted mailers sent twice yearly. [7] As of the 2018–2019 school year, 0.0% of Haas Hall students were eligible to receive special education. [8]