Founded in 1884, Arkansas Baptist College is in the state capital of Little Rock. The school has an average class size of 25 students and tuition of about $5,250 per year as of January 2011. It is a Baptist school, and it is the only historically black Baptist higher education institution west of the Mississippi. The school has eight associate's degree programs and nine bachelor's degree programs, focusing on areas such as business administration, African-American community leadership and religious studies.
Harding University was built in 1924 and is in Searcy in central Arkansas. The average class size is 23 students and tuition is $12,360 per year as of January 2011. The school is affiliated with the Church of Christ. Harding University offers a wide range of majors, ranging from accounting to biochemistry to Spanish to software development. The school describes itself as a Christian institution of higher education that is "committed to the tradition of the liberal arts and sciences."
John Brown University is in Silver Springs just outside of Little Rock. It was created in 1919 and is interdenominational. The class size is only 12 students, and tuition was at $17,076 per year as of January 2011. Majors include biblical and theological studies as well as outdoor leadership and youth ministries, or you can major in biology, intercultural studies or marketing, to name a few. The university also has graduate programs in business, counseling and ministry.
University of the Ozarks is in the tiny town of Clarksville near the Ozark National Forest in Northwest Arkansas. The university was established in 1834. It has an average class size of 15, with a tuition of $16,110 per year as of January 2011. It is a Presbyterian-affiliated school. The school claims to be the oldest higher-learning institution in Arkansas and Oklahoma, the first college in Arkansas to graduate a woman in 1872 and the first historically white college to admit an African-American in 1957. It offers 30 majors, including those in religion, music, mathematics and theater.