Strong High School
Strong, AR·Public
Dual enrollment in Arkansas
College credit earned while still in high school. It is the single largest lever on a college bill, and what it costs your family depends almost entirely on which state you are in.
The state covers dual-enrolment tuition, so college credit earned in high school costs your family little or nothing.
Concurrent Enrollment / ACCESS to Acceleration
Free
Under Arkansas Division of Higher Education policy the high school student and the parent/guardian are not responsible for tuition, fees, OR materials for a concurrent credit course - so the family cost is $0, including books/materials. The college or university still sets a tuition and fee rate, but it must be paid by the ACCESS to Acceleration Scholarship Program, the school district, a college/university scholarship, a grant, a private foundation, or another agreed source under a signed agreement. The negotiated per-credit amount is capped between 0.5% and 2.5% of the state per-pupil foundation funding amount and may not exceed the institution's standard tuition and fee structure.
Who can enroll. Public high school students who have successfully completed the eighth grade (i.e. grades 9-12) and are admitted to the college or university; each institution sets its own concurrent admission requirements and all students must be assessed for placement into credit-bearing courses (objective exam, prior coursework/career training, or other validated measures). Students must be recommended by their high school principal or designee. Scope: Arkansas state-supported (public) two-year and four-year institutions partnering with public school districts or open-enrollment public charter schools; private-school and homeschool students are not the subject of the no-cost guarantee in this policy.
Anchored on 21 public colleges in Arkansas · verified 2026-07-31.
Community colleges in Arkansas
We do not hold map coordinates for this school, so these are the largest community colleges in the state rather than the closest ones. Check the drive before you plan around any of them. Open one to see what starting there and transferring would actually save.
- NorthWest Arkansas Community CollegeBentonville, AR$3,342in-state / yr
- University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical CollegeNorth Little Rock, AR$6,300in-state / yr
- Arkansas State University-BeebeBeebe, AR$3,336in-state / yr
- National Park CollegeHot Springs, AR$5,600in-state / yr
- University of Arkansas Community College-MorriltonMorrilton, AR$3,648in-state / yr
Scholarships only this school's students can win
Awards in our corpus that name this high school. Smaller applicant pools than anything national - often by orders of magnitude.
Results
State assessments, 2018. Reported by EDFacts as ranges rather than exact figures, to keep small cohorts from being identifiable.
Outside of class
Activities colleges actually read on an application - and where to find them near this school. Depth in one or two beats a list of ten.
Plan from here
Directory, enrollment and staffing from the NCES Common Core of Data; proficiency and graduation from EDFacts. Dual-enrollment funding rules from state policy, verified on our last review. Figures change - confirm with the school before relying on one. NCES record