TESOL Program Ranked Nationally for Value

An independent ranking has found that the Arkansas Tech University Master of Arts degree in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) is among the four most affordable programs of its kind in the United States for 2017.

AffordableColleges.com utilized published data related to tuition rate, net price, loan default rate, enrollment rate, full-time retention rate, graduation rate, student-to-faculty ratio, admissions rate, number of programs offered online and percentage of students taking at least one class online to formulate a value score for Arkansas Tech and other universities that offer a program similar to ATU’s master degree in TESOL.

Arkansas Tech received a value score of 8.57, tying it with Sam Houston State University for the third-highest value score in the study.

The Master of Arts degree in TESOL at ATU provides the courses needed to add an English as a second language (ESL) endorsement to an Arkansas teaching license.

According to the ATU Department of English and World Languages website, the TESOL program is designed to “provide advanced training for teachers, administrators or other professionals who work with language minority populations.”

Learn more about graduate degrees through the ATU Department of English and World Languages.