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Non-Sports SEC Post: Why Arkansas is poised to be the best SEC school of the future
Posted on 5/29/24 at 10:16 am
Posted on 5/29/24 at 10:16 am
As my youngest is in the middle of her college search, a unique front runner has emerged.
The University of Arkansas.
Absolutely impressed with everything about this university. I believe in the next 50 years, Arkansas will be the best option in the SEC. Here's why.
1. Northwest Arkansas is almost perfect.
Great weather, centrally located, great outdoors scene, high economic growth, low cost of living.
2. The New Arkansan Scholarship Program is a game changer.
If you have a 3.8 GPA and live in Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Kansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Louisiana, Illinois or Georgia, out of state tuition is waived. This is going to attract some really good students that will plant roots in the state.
3. A top business school and a pretty good engineering program for sub $10k tuition. These majors are what matters at this point. And the ROI is incredible.
The University of Arkansas.
Absolutely impressed with everything about this university. I believe in the next 50 years, Arkansas will be the best option in the SEC. Here's why.
1. Northwest Arkansas is almost perfect.
Great weather, centrally located, great outdoors scene, high economic growth, low cost of living.
2. The New Arkansan Scholarship Program is a game changer.
If you have a 3.8 GPA and live in Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Kansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Louisiana, Illinois or Georgia, out of state tuition is waived. This is going to attract some really good students that will plant roots in the state.
3. A top business school and a pretty good engineering program for sub $10k tuition. These majors are what matters at this point. And the ROI is incredible.
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Posted on 5/29/24 at 10:19 am to anc
First downvote 
Posted on 5/29/24 at 10:20 am to anc
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If you have a 3.8 GPA and live in Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Kansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Louisiana, Illinois or Georgia, out of state tuition is waived. This is going to attract some really good students that will plant roots in the state.
This is actually pretty cool. Love that they skipped over Alabama because they want to keep the trash out.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 10:21 am to anc
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1. Northwest Arkansas is almost perfect.
Starting to get crowded, so stay away.
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3. A top business school
It is a solid business school but what sets it apart is that it is the Walton School of Business and Walmart headquarters is just down the road and they have above average starting wages for new grads IF the student is interested in staying within the area to live/work.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 10:29 am to anc
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Smart move. I could see the Hogs losing a few points for that one. Unfortunately, the numbers prove that students from all over this country often pick schools based solely on football success. When Coach Saban got to Tuscaloosa and started winning immediately, out-of-state enrollment jumped significantly. And continued that trend.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 10:31 am to bamameister
Thats a little of what I was getting at.
If Arkansas could turn around their football program, they have a lot to offer and some things in place that would make them very popular.
If Arkansas could turn around their football program, they have a lot to offer and some things in place that would make them very popular.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 10:34 am to anc
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If you have a 3.8 GPA and live in Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Kansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Louisiana, Illinois or Georgia, out of state tuition is waived. This is going to attract some really good students that will plant roots in the state.
Can’t speak for other states but to attract top GA students they’ll need to do better. In GA those kids all get free tuition via Hope/Zell scholarships and have two great options in GT and UGA. Schools like Alabama, Mizzou, OM, MSU also already offer many of them scholarships well above just waving OOS tuition. JMHO.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 10:35 am to anc
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A top business school
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Arkansas
No. The Darla Moore Business School is middle of the road at best. There are at least 5-6 other SEC schools with better business schools.
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pretty good engineering program
No. Just no, and you'll fall asleep finding it on a list.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 10:37 am to Hawgeye
quote:The road networks just can't handle it. It was already starting to feel cramped 10 years ago.
Starting to get crowded, so stay away.
Fayetteville is absolutely gorgeous, but I do not miss the traffic one bit.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 10:38 am to anc
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Northwest Arkansas is almost perfect
If you just like trees and hills and chain restaurants
Posted on 5/29/24 at 10:39 am to anc
quote:Fixed it for you
This is going to attract some really good students that will find good paying jobs in the large cities of Texas.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 10:45 am to anc
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Thats a little of what I was getting at.
If Arkansas could turn around their football program, they have a lot to offer and some things in place that would make them very popular.
That's why they kept Sam Pittman. If you want to break even sometimes you just have to double down. Hit me.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 10:55 am to lsudave1
I have been impressed with the variety of restaurants they have in the area that are not chains.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 11:00 am to anc
Up there..walmart great but big oil >
Posted on 5/29/24 at 11:23 am to anc
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1. Northwest Arkansas is almost perfect.
Great weather, centrally located, great outdoors scene, high economic growth, low cost of living.
This is the biggest appeal to the University of Arkansas and the factor that sets it apart from most other public universities. I think most folks outside of the region don't realize just how lovely NWA is, and that's probably for the best. Don't want too many more people coming down there and spoiling it. It's already grown a ton in the past 20 or so years. But I'm hard-pressed to think of another public/flagship university that is nestled in a prettier setting.
I don't disagree with your other points, but many SEC schools have excellent business schools. And most, if not all SEC schools offer some form of waiver or scholarship to attract bright out-of-state students. Mizzou has been stealing students from Illinois for decades this way. I think it's a pretty common tactic for smaller states to leach talented students from bigger population states.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 11:30 am to anc
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I believe in the next 50 years, Arkansas will be the best option in the SEC.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 11:32 am to anc
NW Arkansas will turn into NE Arkansas sooner than later because Arkansas is mostly old money that is dying out.
I've worked at a couple of companies that basically make their whole nut just shilling crap supplements to seniors in NW Arkansas lol.
I've worked at a couple of companies that basically make their whole nut just shilling crap supplements to seniors in NW Arkansas lol.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 1:44 pm to Hawgeye
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It is a solid business school but what sets it apart is that it is the Walton School of Business and Walmart headquarters is just down the road and they have above average starting wages for new grads IF the student is interested in staying within the area to live/work.
Supply chain management. The U of A started focusing on that after being asked to by Walmart and you can walk out of college with a job within 50 miles of the campus guaranteed or go anywhere in the US and find work.
If farming or science is your thing... Poultry Science is huge on campus, we have students from around the world in that field. Another degree you can find your choice of jobs within 50 miles or go anywhere in the country and find work.
The great thing about NW Arkansas is that it is NW Arkansas. But if you take the right classes you've got a cheat code.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 1:47 pm to Miznoz
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NW Arkansas will turn into NE Arkansas sooner than later because Arkansas is mostly old money that is dying out.
Business is booming in NWA and it is more than just Walmart. Every company that sells products to Walmart has a local office here and they pay salaries comparable to where ever HQ is. Bentonville median household income just hit $100k in 2022. It is really the combo of affordable living and high salaries that makes it what it is.
Posted on 5/29/24 at 1:52 pm to anc
I know a number of Texas kids that have gone to Arkie in the last 10 years. All of which I think very highly of. They all liked it and got a good education. All have been successful since graduation. In most of the cases, Arkie was not their first choice coming out of high school.
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