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University of Arkansas

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Fayetteville, AR
Population 450,000
Website https://www.uark.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 27,312
Men / Women 44% / 56%
White 66%
Hispanic 12%
Black 5%
Mixed 5%
Asian 3%
Native American 1%
International 1%
From State 43%
From Region 50%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Business & Economics 34%
Humanities & Social Sciences 22%
Health Sciences 13%
Engineering 8%
Life & Natural Sciences 8%
Arts 7%
Education 4%
Computer Science 3%
Physical Sciences & Math 2%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $10,104
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $29,966
Est. In-State Cost $13,071
Est. Out-of-State Cost $38,764
10-Year ROI $189,000
ROI Percentile 78th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 86%
4-Year Graduation Rate 56%
6-Year Graduation Rate 71%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,700 (67%)
Days Without Precipitation 257 (72%)

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 75%
Yield (Unbound) 29%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1
Expenditure
Engineering, Computing & Math $76M #82
Life & Natural Sciences $116M #107
Humanities & Social Sciences $10M #130
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 38 #123
Humanities & Social Sciences 183 #129
Life & Natural Sciences 102 #197

Honors College

Name Honors College
Students 3,000 (11%)

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 100%
SAT Range 1060 – 1190
SAT Math Range 510 – 600
SAT RW Range 520 – 620
ACT Range 21 – 28

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education and Health Professions 1,040 17% / 83% 0% $61,539 94%
Communication Sciences and Disorders 64 — 6% / 94% 0% $56,750 51 98%
Kinesiology 117 — 34% / 66% 0% $56,589 50 —
Kinesiology and Exercise Science — — — — $61,112 61 —
Nursing 342 — 8% / 92% 0% $78,557 86 95%
Pre-Pharmacy — — — — $105,648 98 —
Public Health 118 — 9% / 91% 0% $51,977 37 89%
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies 78 — 72% / 28% 1% $65,926 71 100%
Human Development and Family Studies 54 — 9% / 91% 0% $46,816 22 89%
Social Work 56 — 9% / 91% 0% $47,137 23 87%
Early Childhood Education 12 — 0% / 100% 0% $48,313 26 96%
Education 19 — 21% / 79% 0% $48,229 26 93%
Elementary Education 85 — 0% / 100% 0% $48,313 26 96%
Kinesiology and Physical Education 3 — 67% / 33% 0% $56,890 51 96%
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 17 — 71% / 29% 0% $52,446 38 90%
Secondary Education and Teaching 37 — 22% / 78% 0% $48,313 26 96%
Special Education 15 — 7% / 93% 0% $51,993 37 100%
Technical Teacher Education 11 — 27% / 73% 0% $52,446 38 90%
Art Education 7 — 29% / 71% 0% $52,446 38 90%
Music Education 5 — 0% / 100% 0% $52,446 38 90%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering 391 76% / 24% 5% $87,952 96%
Biological Engineering 13 — 46% / 54% 0% $76,786 84 100%
Biomedical Engineering 56 — 46% / 54% 9% $64,718 68 94%
Chemical Engineering 33 — 61% / 39% 3% $101,541 97 94%
Civil Engineering 53 — 87% / 13% 15% $80,071 87 97%
Computer Engineering 24 — 96% / 4% 0% $114,783 99 93%
Electrical Engineering 47 — 79% / 21% 4% $92,831 95 96%
Industrial Engineering 47 — 70% / 30% 4% $108,211 98 100%
Mechanical Engineering 118 — 90% / 10% 3% $84,481 90 94%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences 390 35% / 65% 2% $60,006 94%
Agronomy and Crop Science 8 +1 88% / 12% 0% $52,216 37 —
Animal Sciences 50 — 36% / 64% 4% $56,539 50 93%
Dietetics/Dietitian 12 — 8% / 92% 0% $56,774 51 —
Environmental Science 38 +1 42% / 58% 11% $51,225 34 87%
Food Science 24 — 42% / 58% 0% $77,147 85 100%
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies 53 — 9% / 91% 0% $54,070 43 93%
Ornamental Horticulture 12 — 42% / 58% 0% $42,399 12 84%
Poultry Science 14 — 57% / 43% 7% $56,539 50 93%
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations 76 +4 76% / 24% 0% $67,154 73 100%
Agricultural and Extension Education Services 24 — 21% / 79% 0% $50,982 34 100%
Apparel and Textiles 79 — 5% / 95% 0% $65,634 70 90%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design 133 37% / 63% 2% $66,489 94%
Architecture 69 — 62% / 38% 1% $67,687 74 94%
Interior Design 57 — 5% / 95% 2% $65,312 70 —
Landscape Architecture 7 — 43% / 57% 0% $64,279 68 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences 1,533 36% / 64% 2% $59,994 94%
Computational Science 18 — 67% / 33% 0% $85,522 91 —
Computer Science 100 — 81% / 19% 7% $93,729 95 100%
Computer and Information Sciences 27 — 67% / 33% 7% $108,117 98 97%
Chemistry 48 +1 52% / 48% 0% $62,909 65 100%
Geosciences 4 — 100% / 0% 25% $48,735 27 90%
Mathematics 21 — 57% / 43% 0% $63,660 66 100%
Physics 15 +2 87% / 13% 20% $70,151 77 —
Biology 178 +4 34% / 66% 2% $62,547 64 94%
Anthropology 31 +1 48% / 52% 0% $42,295 12 84%
Arabic 5 +2 20% / 80% 0% $57,996 54 —
Classics — +3 — — $56,290 49 —
Communication 175 +6 36% / 64% 1% $61,155 61 95%
Criminal Justice 73 +25 30% / 70% 1% $54,718 45 91%
English 47 +1 19% / 81% 0% $42,652 13 94%
French 8 +2 12% / 88% 0% $58,267 55 87%
German 10 +2 60% / 40% 0% $57,738 53 —
History 50 +12 60% / 40% 0% $51,587 36 94%
Interdisciplinary Studies 57 — 35% / 65% 0% $46,811 22 100%
International Affairs 23 +3 26% / 74% 4% $57,811 53 87%
Journalism 61 — 30% / 70% 0% $60,034 59 96%
Philosophy 8 +3 75% / 25% 0% $52,420 38 —
Political Science 101 +15 39% / 61% 1% $66,167 71 93%
Psychology 243 +6 16% / 84% 1% $52,402 38 94%
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication 62 — 15% / 85% 2% $62,490 64 —
Sociology 29 +56 21% / 79% 3% $51,122 34 91%
Spanish 8 +7 12% / 88% 0% $58,267 55 87%
Art History 7 — 29% / 71% 0% $43,864 15 92%
Design and Visual Communications 27 — 11% / 89% 0% $64,464 68 96%
Fine Arts 22 — 14% / 86% 9% $43,864 15 92%
Music Performance 29 — 52% / 48% 0% $46,649 22 94%
Studio Art 23 — 22% / 78% 0% $43,864 15 92%
Theatre 23 — 26% / 74% 0% $34,120 4 89%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Sam M. Walton College of Business 1,498 61% / 39% 2% $80,718 96%
Accounting 142 +22 60% / 40% 3% $85,915 91 96%
Business Administration 112 +8 58% / 42% 2% $79,873 87 95%
Business Analytics 74 +16 78% / 22% 7% $86,089 91 94%
Business/Managerial Economics 26 +9 58% / 42% 0% $71,694 79 100%
Economics 23 +1 52% / 48% 9% $66,889 72 100%
Entrepreneurship 55 +2 60% / 40% 0% $70,821 78 —
Finance 382 +24 80% / 20% 2% $86,474 91 94%
General Business 40 — 40% / 60% 0% $70,318 77 100%
Human Resources Development 12 — 17% / 83% 0% $55,257 46 85%
International Business 52 — 48% / 52% 0% $72,699 80 97%
Logistics 220 +9 72% / 28% 4% $79,873 87 95%
Marketing 360 +26 41% / 59% 1% $78,446 86 98%
Retail Management — — — — $70,847 78 —
Geography — +1 — — $58,499 55 —

Rankings

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Engineering

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Field Tested

Business & Economics

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