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Colleges in El Dorado · College Scorecard

El Dorado is home to South Arkansas College

South Arkansas College has about 829 students on campus. 1 more college is within 30 miles.

South Arkansas College
Colleges in town
1
degree-granting · 1 career school
Students on campus
829
1 for every 21 residents
Residents in college
3%
Below AR (5%)
Net price
$7k
a year after aid
Earnings, 10 yrs
$35k
median

What stands out about college in El Dorado

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

A community college startSouth Arkansas College is El Dorado’s community college: about $7,486 a year after aid.A small-college townSouth Arkansas College has about 829 students on campus.
★ What stands out · What it costs

What would your family pay?

The average a year after grants and scholarships, for families on federal aid. Pick your family’s income.

Family income

Starts at $48–75k, where El Dorado’s median household income ($49K) falls.

South Arkansas CollegeIn El Dorado · sticker $12,932 $8,640a year

Federal figures: your own price depends on your aid package. Every college has a net price calculator on its website. “—” = not reported for that income.

Every college

The college in El Dorado

Tap a college for who gets in, what families pay, majors and outcomes.

South Arkansas College campus · Directions

South Arkansas CollegeCommunity college · Public · 829 on campus Openadmitted$7knet price30%graduate$35kearnings

Also in El Dorado: University of Aesthetics & Cosmetology (career schools, online-only programs or campuses too small for their own page).

Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay?

Each dot is a college: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting. El Dorado’s are named; gray dots are colleges nearby.

$0$20k$40k 0%25%50%75%100% Graduate → South Arkansas College
South Arkansas College30% graduate$35k earnings$11k typical debt

Graduation: first-time, full-time students within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 years (2-year). Earnings: median, students on federal aid. A college that’s part of a larger system reports earnings for the whole system.

Majors

What students study in El Dorado

Share of degrees by field, then the biggest programs and what their graduates earn.

Health professions 63%Precision production 12%Liberal arts 10%Public safety 4%Engineering tech 3%Education 3%Everything else 5%

Biggest programs

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing45 graduates a year · associate
$64k4 yrs out
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions29 graduates a year · associate
$45k4 yrs out
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities26 graduates a year · associate
$32k4 yrs out
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods13 graduates a year · associate
—not reported
Criminal Justice and Corrections11 graduates a year · associate
—not reported
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services11 graduates a year · associate
$47k4 yrs out
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other7 graduates a year · associate
—not reported
Computer Software and Media Applications5 graduates a year · associate
—not reported
Town & gown

What it’s like to live in El Dorado

How much the college shapes the town, and the pages a student or a new neighbor needs.

3 of every 100 El Dorado residents are in college (AR: 5).

829students on campus · 17,115 residents
36.6median age · AR 38.5
43%of homes rented · AR 34%
$880median rent · 7% below the state
El DoradoEl Dorado, AR
Housing$140K typical homeSafetySafety Grade D−HealthHealth Grade DClimate34° January low · 93° July highHandbookTrash day, parking, who to call
Within reach

More colleges near El Dorado

Colleges within 30 miles of the center of El Dorado, beyond its own.

10 mi20 mi30 mi Southern Arkansas University Tech El Dorado
University or collegeCommunity college
Southern Arkansas University TechCommunity college · Public · Camden
28.5 mi730 students

Straight-line distance. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Dashed rows are too small, or report too little to the Department of Education, for a page of their own.

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Colleges: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023). “On campus” counts fall enrollment minus students who study only online. Net price is the average a year after grants for families on federal aid; earnings are the median 10 years after starting, for students who got federal aid. Distances are straight-line from the center of El Dorado. Town figures: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

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