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University of Arkansas Overview

University of Arkansas is a public institution located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Fayetteville is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is University of Arkansas Known For?

5,053 Undergraduate Awards
$35,581 Avg Cost After Aid
79% Acceptance Rate
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at UARK.
  • In a recent academic period80% of the faculty were full-time.
  • Students who graduate from UARK with a bachelor's degree make about $58,191 a year. That's 43% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is University of Arkansas?

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Contact details for UARK are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1125 W Maple St, Administration Bldg 425, Fayetteville, AR 72701
Phone: 479-575-2000
Website: www.uark.edu

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How Do I Get Into UARK?

You can apply to UARK online at: https://admissions.uark.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for UARK

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 5
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 5

How Hard Is It To Get Into UARK?

79% Acceptance Rate
59% Of Accepted Are Women
31% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 79%, UARK may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 77%, and the acceptance rate for women is 81%.

Average Test Scores

About 31% of students accepted to UARK submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 610. Math scores were between 510 and 610.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for University of Arkansas  ( 520 to 610 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for University of Arkansas  ( 510 to 610 )
200
800
UARK received ACT scores from 75% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 29. Math scores were between 19 and 0. Composite scores were between 21 and 28.

ACT English Scores for University of Arkansas  ( 21 to 29 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for University of Arkansas  ( 21 to 28 )
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36

Can I Afford University of Arkansas?

$35,581 Net Price
40% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of UARK is $35,581. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UARK, approximately 40% of students took out student loans averaging $8,350 a year. That adds up to $33,400 over four years for those students.

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University of Arkansas Undergraduate Student Diversity

20,252 Full-Time Undergraduates
55% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 22,825 undergraduate students at UARK, with 20,252 being full-time and 2,573 being part-time.

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There are also 4,737 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 20,252 full-time undergraduates at UARK, 45% are male and 55% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Arkansas students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 539
Black or African American 767
Hispanic or Latino 1,932
White 15,278
International Students 456
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,280

Geographic Diversity

Arkansas students aren't the only ones who study at University of Arkansas. At this time, 38 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 118 countries are represented at UARK. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Panama.

University of Arkansas Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Business Administration & Management 0 402 0 105 13 520
Finance & Financial Management 0 355 0 17 0 372
Marketing 0 368 0 0 0 368
Engineering-Related Fields 0 0 167 156 0 323
Nursing 0 291 4 6 5 306
General Psychology 0 233 0 9 8 250
Accounting 0 161 0 64 0 225
Communication & Media Studies 0 201 0 14 0 215
General Biology 0 190 0 3 9 202
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 107 15 71 0 193
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 88 44 54 0 186
Health & Physical Education 0 135 0 6 0 141
Political Science & Government 0 126 0 4 0 130
Law 0 0 0 0 119 119
Mechanical Engineering 0 109 0 3 0 112
Public Health 0 101 0 4 0 105
Educational Administration 0 0 4 64 36 104
Computer Science 0 93 0 10 0 103
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 102 0 0 0 102
Animal Science 0 77 0 14 7 98
Journalism 0 93 0 3 0 96
General Engineering 0 0 0 62 34 96
Social Work 1 51 0 44 0 96
Communication Sciences 0 62 8 22 0 92
Agricultural Economics & Business 0 78 0 6 0 84
General Architecture 0 84 0 0 0 84
Sociology 0 77 0 6 0 83
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 37 4 39 0 80
History 0 69 0 7 3 79
Industrial Engineering 0 55 0 12 0 67
Textile & Apparel Studies 0 67 0 0 0 67
Chemical Engineering 0 60 0 4 0 64
Civil Engineering 0 47 0 15 0 62
Chemistry 0 53 0 0 9 62
Biomedical Engineering 0 52 0 7 0 59
Electrical Engineering 0 39 0 20 0 59
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 0 58 0 0 0 58
General English Literature 0 43 0 10 3 56
Human Development & Family Studies 0 48 0 0 0 48
Romance Languages 0 42 0 5 0 47
Fine & Studio Arts 0 40 0 7 0 47
Architectural Sciences & Technology 0 39 0 7 0 46
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 46 0 0 0 46
Interdisciplinary Studies 0 44 0 0 0 44
Physics 0 25 0 5 13 43
International Business 0 42 0 0 0 42
Special Education 0 18 6 18 0 42
Human Resource Management 0 19 0 21 1 41
Student Counseling 0 0 0 39 1 40
Mathematics 0 27 0 6 6 39
Drama & Theater Arts 0 19 0 16 0 35
Business/Managerial Economics 0 34 0 0 0 34
Music 0 23 1 10 0 34
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 14 19 0 0 33
Computer Engineering 0 27 0 6 0 33
International Relations & National Security 0 33 0 0 0 33
Design & Applied Arts 0 31 0 0 0 31
Anthropology 0 28 0 2 0 30
Plant Sciences 0 9 0 14 6 29
General Business/Commerce 0 28 0 0 0 28
Economics 0 20 0 6 2 28
Teaching English or French 0 0 14 13 0 27
Biological Engineering 0 27 0 0 0 27
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 0 26 0 0 0 26
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 0 0 25 25
Geography & Cartography 3 9 5 7 0 24
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 0 0 7 16 23
Food Science Technology 0 9 0 7 6 22
Instructional Media Design 0 0 5 17 0 22
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 13 0 3 6 22
Natural Resources Conservation 0 19 0 2 0 21
Recreation Administration 0 0 0 21 0 21
Legal Professions (Other) 0 0 10 10 0 20
Computer Information Systems 0 18 0 0 0 18
Horticulture 0 16 0 0 0 16
Public Relations & Advertising 0 15 0 0 0 15
Germanic Languages 0 15 0 0 0 15
Philosophy 0 13 0 1 1 15
Agricultural Public Services 0 14 0 0 0 14
Landscape Architecture 0 13 0 0 0 13
Writing Studies 0 0 2 11 0 13
Allied Health Professions 0 0 0 13 0 13
Statistics 0 0 0 13 0 13
Construction Management 0 0 0 11 0 11
Agricultural Production 0 0 0 9 0 9
General Education 0 9 0 0 0 9
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 0 4 4 8
Zoology 0 0 0 5 2 7
Information Technology 0 0 7 0 0 7
Astronomy & Astrophysics 0 0 0 2 5 7
Public Policy 0 0 0 0 7 7
Public Administration 0 0 0 6 0 6
Agricultural Engineering 0 0 0 5 0 5
Materials Engineering 0 0 0 2 3 5
Materials Sciences 0 0 0 3 2 5
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 0 0 1 3 4
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 0 4 0 0 0 4
Health/Medical Prep Programs 0 4 0 0 0 4
Health Sciences & Services 0 0 0 0 4 4
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) 0 0 0 3 0 3
Computational Science 0 3 0 0 0 3
Sustainability Science 0 0 3 0 0 3
General Family & Consumer Sciences 0 0 0 2 0 2
Classical Languages & Literature 0 2 0 0 0 2
Botany/Plant Biology 0 0 0 1 0 1
Education Philosophy 0 0 0 0 1 1
Educational Assessment 0 0 1 0 0 1
Operations Research 0 0 0 1 0 1
Ethnic Studies 0 0 1 0 0 1
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 0 0 1 0 0 1
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0
Environmental Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Medical Illustration & Informatics 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerontology 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Public Administration 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sacred Music 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arts & Media Management 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 4 5,049 321 1,203 360 6,937

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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