Career Programs at SouthArk

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at South Arkansas Community College is $5,364 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

South Arkansas Community College offers the alternative tuition plans .

74% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $5,917 (exclude student loans).

SouthArk 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$5,364
Average Financial Amount	$5,917

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

South Arkansas Community College offers 37 vocational programs for Less than 12-Week Certificate, Less than 1-Year Certificate, and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 772 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at South Arkansas Community College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Less than 12 Weeks Certificate	4	0	210
Less than 1 Year Certificate	12	1	94
2 Years Certificate	21	2	292
Total	37	3	772

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

210 students have earned/completed Less than 12 Weeks Certificate program.
94 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
292 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
176 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 12 Weeks Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	13	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	135 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	135	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	62 completers	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	41	-
Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist	✕	21	-
	Total	210

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	5	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	0	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	✕	3	-
Education [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	5	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Industrial Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	15	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	25	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	8	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	✕	5	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	23 completers	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✔	13	-
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide	✕	10	-
Business [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	0	-
	Total	94

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	2	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	✕	3	-
Education [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	7	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	5	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Industrial Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (1 completers)	49 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✔	49	-
Science Technologies/Technicians [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Chemical Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	5	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies (other)	✕	0	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	11	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	✕	5	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	67 completers	-
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	✔	3	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	28	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	36	-
Business [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	11	-
Accounting	✕	13	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	0	-
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	✕	0	-
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (other)	✕	0	-
	Total	292

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	0	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	5	-
Education [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	7	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	4	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Industrial Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (1 completers)	31 completers	-
General Studies	✔	31	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	1	-
Science Technologies/Technicians [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Chemical Technology/Technician	✕	7	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	4	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	0	-
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	✕	2	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	103 completers	-
Occupational Therapist Assistant	✕	13	-
Physical Therapy Technician/Assistant	✕	12	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	13	-
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist	✕	8	-
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	✕	0	-
Surgical Technology/Technologist	✕	7	-
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician	✕	0	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	50	-
Business [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	0	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	0	-
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (other)	✕	10	-
	Total	176

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 1,162 students are attending at South Arkansas Community College. There are 49 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 36 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 13 to 1 (7.69%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 150 (full-time) and 36 (part-time).

The graduation rate of South Arkansas Community College is 28% and transfer-out rate is 11%. The retention rate is 49% at the school.

SouthArk 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	1,162
Graduation Rate	28%
Number of Faculty	85
Student to Faculty Ratio	13 to 1

Student Population at SouthArk

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 1,132 students enrolled into South Arkansas Community College. By gender, 377 male and 755 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for South Arkansas Community College.

Student Population By Gender
South Arkansas Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,132	377	755
Full-time	450	149	301
Part-tme	682	228	454

There are 605 White (53.45%), 375 Black/African American (33.13%), 70 Hispanic (6.18%), 8 Asian (0.71%), and 142 students with other races attending South Arkansas Community College. 17 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at South Arkansas Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,132	377	755
American Indian/Native American	5	3	2
Asian	8	1	7
Black/African American	375	82	293
Hispanic	70	33	37
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	1	1
White	605	235	370
Two More	25	6	19
Un-Known	25	12	13
Non-resident Alien	17	4	13

South Arkansas Community College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

333 students (29.42% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 337 students (29.77% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for South Arkansas Community College.

Distance Learning Student Population at South Arkansas Community College
	Number of Students
Total	1,132
Enrolled Online Exclusively	333
Enrolled Some Online Courses	337
Not in Online Courses	462

By age range, at South Arkansas Community College, 235 students are aged 20 to 24 (20.76% of total students), 516 students are aged below 20 (45.58%), 20 students are aged above 50 (3.18%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at South Arkansas Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,132	377	755
Under 18	250	134	116
Age 18-19	266	120	146
Age 20-21	134	35	99
Age 22-24	101	15	86
Age 25-29	138	27	111
Age 30-34	95	10	85
Age 35-39	52	10	42
Age 40-49	76	18	58
Age 50-64	18	8	10
Over 64	2	0	2

Directory and Accreditation Information

South Arkansas Community College is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1983 - Current[Estimated Date]).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of South Arkansas Community College.

300 S West Ave, El Dorado, AR

870-862-8131

School Website

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Financial Aid Information

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

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