{"id":4829,"date":"2015-09-22T10:54:34","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T15:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/?p=4829"},"modified":"2015-11-17T10:01:59","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T16:01:59","slug":"sau-ranked-sixth-in-the-nation-for-affordability-and-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2015\/sau-ranked-sixth-in-the-nation-for-affordability-and-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"SAU ranked sixth in the nation for affordability and quality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The numbers speak for themselves. Southern Arkansas University, the fastest growing university in Arkansas in 2015, continues to attract more students along with honors and accolades because of SAU\u2019s quality and affordable education.<\/p>\n<p>SAU was ranked sixth in the nation for affordability and quality by BestValueSchools.com.<\/p>\n<p>To be ranked that high in the U.S. for low cost is quite an accomplishment as tuition costs for most higher education institutions are on the rise. While staying affordable for students, SAU maintains a high level of quality academics, a friendly atmosphere, and the complete college experience to ensure SAU graduates are successful in their careers and lives after college.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, SAU has the highest return on investment among all universities in Arkansas according to the U.S. Department of Education.<\/p>\n<p>Other recent accolades earned by SAU include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SAU was ranked sixth in the U.S. in the \u201c50 Most Affordable Public Schools for Out-of-State Students\u201d by AffordableColleges.com.<\/li>\n<li>SAU\u2019s MBA was listed on the Affordable College Foundation\u2019s \u201cBest Online MBA Programs for 2014-15,\u201d and the only Arkansas MBA program recognized.<\/li>\n<li>In 2013, SAU was honored for its return on investment by AffordableCollegesOnline.org. SAU was ranked toward the top of the national ROI list.<\/li>\n<li>OnlineU.org also ranked two of SAU\u2019s online Master\u2019s degrees in the top three nationally in their respective categories. The SAU Master of Science in Computer and Information Science is ranked third in the U.S., as is the SAU MBA program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The numbers speak for themselves. Southern Arkansas University, the fastest growing university in Arkansas in 2015, continues to attract more students along with honors and accolades because of SAU\u2019s quality and affordable education. SAU was ranked sixth in the nation for affordability and quality by BestValueSchools.com. To be ranked that high in the U.S. for&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2015\/sau-ranked-sixth-in-the-nation-for-affordability-and-quality\/\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":820,"featured_media":4129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[271,140,181,207,308,33],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4829","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-academics","8":"category-college-of-business","9":"category-education","10":"category-college-of-liberal-performing-arts","11":"category-college-of-science-and-technology","12":"category-graduate-studies","13":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/820"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}