University of Central Arkansas Overview

University of Central Arkansas is a public institution located in Conway, Arkansas. The location of UCA is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is University of Central Arkansas Known For?

• The highest award offered at UCA is the doctor's degree.
• In a recent academic period79% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from UCA makes roughly $45,938 a year. This is 13% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is University of Central Arkansas?

Contact details for UCA are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	201 Donaghey Ave, Conway, AR 72035-0001
Phone:	501-450-5000
Website:	www.uca.edu

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How Do I Get Into UCA?

You can apply to UCA online at: uca.edu/admissions/apply

Admission Requirements for UCA

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into UCA?

Since UCA has an acceptance rate of 91%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 33% of accepted students are men and 67% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 90%, and the acceptance rate for women is 92%.

Average Test Scores

About 2% of students accepted to UCA submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 570. Math scores were between 480 and 560.

UCA received ACT scores from 95% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 26. Math scores were between 17 and 0. Composite scores were between 19 and 25.

Can I Afford University of Central Arkansas?

The overall average net price of UCA is $19,893. 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 UCA, approximately 52% of students took out student loans averaging $6,198 a year. That adds up to $24,792 over four years for those students.

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University of Central Arkansas Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 8,615 undergraduate students at UCA, with 7,301 being full-time and 1,314 being part-time.

There are also 1,720 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 7,301 full-time undergraduates at UCA, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	156
Black or African American	1,143
Hispanic or Latino	455
White	4,911
International Students	278
Other Races/Ethnicities	358

Geographic Diversity

Arkansas students aren't the only ones who study at University of Central Arkansas. At this time, 25 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 84 countries are represented at UCA. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Côte d’Ivoire, Bahamas, and China.

University of Central Arkansas Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	77	0	79	0	156
General Psychology	0	0	150	0	0	0	150
Nursing	0	0	106	2	6	15	129
Health & Physical Education	0	0	111	0	14	0	125
Business Administration & Management	0	0	23	0	90	0	113
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	0	0	0	109	109
Mental & Social Health Services	8	0	55	0	36	0	99
General Biology	0	0	80	0	12	0	92
General Business/Commerce	0	0	90	0	0	0	90
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	34	46	0	0	0	80
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	43	6	28	0	77
Computer Information Systems	0	0	75	0	0	0	75
Communication Sciences	0	0	40	0	35	0	75
Accounting	0	0	42	0	14	0	56
Marketing	0	0	52	0	0	0	52
General Family & Consumer Sciences	0	0	45	0	4	0	49
Instructional Media Design	0	0	0	35	13	0	48
Fine & Studio Arts	0	0	45	0	0	0	45
Special Education	0	0	11	11	19	0	41
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	0	0	7	0	31	0	38
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	37	0	0	0	37
General English Literature	0	0	31	0	6	0	37
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	0	0	32	0	5	0	37
Student Counseling	0	0	0	0	35	0	35
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	0	1	24	5	0	30
Educational Administration	0	0	0	23	6	0	29
Other Library & Archives Assisting	0	0	0	0	27	0	27
Music	0	0	6	8	13	0	27
Writing Studies	0	0	23	0	3	0	26
Criminology	0	0	26	0	0	0	26
Information Technology	0	0	23	0	0	0	23
Other Health Professions	0	0	22	0	0	0	22
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	0	21	0	0	0	21
Management Information Systems	0	0	21	0	0	0	21
Political Science & Government	0	0	21	0	0	0	21
History	0	0	19	0	1	0	20
Journalism	0	0	19	0	0	0	19
Communication & Media Studies	0	0	18	0	0	0	18
Public Relations & Advertising	0	0	18	0	0	0	18
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	0	17	0	0	0	17
Mathematics	0	0	13	0	4	0	17
Sociology	0	0	17	0	0	0	17
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	17	0	0	0	17
Allied Health Professions	0	0	9	0	6	0	15
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	0	0	15	0	0	0	15
Insurance	0	0	14	0	0	0	14
General Education	0	0	0	0	14	0	14
Natural Resources Conservation	0	0	14	0	0	0	14
Chemistry	0	0	12	0	0	0	12
Anthropology	0	0	12	0	0	0	12
Economics	0	0	11	0	0	0	11
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	6	0	4	10
Public Administration	0	0	8	0	0	0	8
Computer Science	0	0	0	0	7	0	7
Applied Mathematics	0	0	0	0	7	0	7
Philosophy	0	0	7	0	0	0	7
Geography & Cartography	0	0	4	2	1	0	7
Engineering Physics	0	0	5	0	0	0	5
Physics	0	0	5	0	0	0	5
Nutrition Science	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Drama & Theater Arts	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
Educational Assessment	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Biological & Physical Science	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
International Studies	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Ethnic Studies	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Religious Studies	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Computer Engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Data Science	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	8	34	1,632	119	521	132	2,446

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Steve Wright Jr. (flickr user: Wright Way Photography) under License

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