South Arkansas College
El Dorado, Arkansas
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- Town
- 862 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 53 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 26 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 46 finishedGraduates here earned $48,155 a year after finishingNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 25 finishedGraduates here earned $59,627 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralCertificate · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,439
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,388
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 9 finishedGraduates here earned $44,960 a year after finishingNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 31 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 44 finishedGraduates here earned $43,368 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 48 finishedGraduates here earned $73,048 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 147 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
Other programs (15)
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 10 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, OtherCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $58,916
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, OtherAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $40,279
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $40,381
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Film/Video and Photographic ArtsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $29,024
- Film/Video and Photographic ArtsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $28,195
- ForestryCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $41,922
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 138 finishedNationally: $37,910
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 79 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 34 finishedGraduates here earned $32,240 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $45,150
- Physical Science Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $57,582
- Physical Science Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $61,888
- Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $26,742
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $5,607per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $13,552sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $3,516Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 17%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 33%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $38,4366 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $38,54910 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $10,365federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 46%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 26%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for South Arkansas College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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