Higher Education in the South Shore Area

College students may begin their higher education at one of four nearby colleges. Arkansas State University Mountain Home is a branch campus of Arkansas State University, and North Arkansas College at Harrison is a two-year community-technical college. Ozarka College, another two-year community-technical college, is in Melbourne.  College of the Ozarks at Point Lookout, Missouri, 75 miles north, offers four-year degrees on a unique work-study basis.

Arkansas State University Mountain Home

A new campus of Arkansas State University opened Spring 2000 in Mountain Home. Enrollment at the two-year institution is approximately 1200 students. First and second year university courses are offered, as well as associate degrees in arts, science and applied science, transfer degrees and some upper division and graduate courses. For more information, contact:

Chancellor Ed Coulter
Arkansas State University Mountain Home
1600 S. College Street
Mountain Home, AR 72653
870-508-6100

North Arkansas College

North Arkansas College is a two-year community and technical college at Harrison. It offers associate degrees in arts and sciences, business technology and electronics, and college study programs in technical and career fields. Enrollment is approximately 1,800 students. For more information contact: 

Dr. Jeff Olson
North Arkansas College
1515 Pioneer Drive
Harrison, AR 72601
870-743-3000

Ozarka College

Founded in 1973 as a vocational-technical school, the school officially became Ozarka College in 1996. In addition to regular classes, students also learn using compressed video or taking a course over the Internet.  Ozarka also has transfer agreements in place with four-year colleges and universities throughout the state, allowing students in the Associate of Arts program to transfer easily. For more information, contact: 

President Dr. Dusty Johnson
Ozarka College
218 College Drive
Melbourne, AR 72556
870-368-7371 or 800-821-4335

The College of the Ozarks

The College of the Ozarks is a four-year college at Point Lookout, Mo. Its 1,500 students receive a four-year liberal arts education in a Christian environment, and are provided the opportunity to work in lieu of paying tuition. There are 31 majors offered in the divisions of Education and Health, Human and Social Sciences, Math and Natural Sciences, Performing and Professional Arts, and Technical and Applied Sciences. Studies leading to certificate programs and pre-professional credentials are also offered. For more information contact:

Office of Public Relations
College of the Ozarks
Point Lookout, MO 65726
417-334-6411

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Other Arkansas Colleges and Universities - Public and Private

Arkansas State University
Arkansas Tech University  
Crowley's Ridge College
Harding University
Henderson State University
Hendrix College
John Brown University
Lyon College
Ouachita Baptist University
Southern Arkansas University Tech
University of Arkansas
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
University of Arkansas at Monticello
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
University of Central Arkansas
University of the Ozarks
Williams Baptist College