University of Central Arkansas

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 300,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 95 (20%)
Sunshine Hours 2,750 (74%)
Days Without Precipitation 260 (77%)

Honors College

Name Norbert O. Schedler Honors College
Students 300 (4%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 7,219
Men / Women 39% / 61%
From State 92%
From Region 5%
Athletes 524 (7.6%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 63%
Black 17%
Hispanic 9%
Mixed 5%
International 3%
Asian 2%
Native American 1%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 353 36% 72% 2% 10% 8% 2% $54,020 2 -0.44 45 95% 5.2%
Economics 18 +1 39% 50% 6% 6% 22% 0% $68,929 7 -1.09 75 100% 5.2% — — —
Creative Writing 14 +1 21% 79% 0% 7% 7% 0% $50,085 42 -0.28 34 88% — — — —
English 34 +4 18% 79% 3% 6% 6% 0% $49,049 35 -0.41 31 92% — — — —
Foreign Languages 9 — 22% 78% 0% 0% 22% 0% $55,035 40 -0.27 47 92% — — — —
General Studies 34 — 47% 62% 0% 21% 9% 0% $73,110 94 +1.51 80 100% — — — —
History 16 +15 44% 75% 0% 6% 0% 6% $45,612 6 -1.11 22 100% — — — —
Linguistics 5 +8 60% 80% 0% 0% 0% 0% $55,035 40 -0.27 47 92% — — — —
Philosophy 6 +1 17% 50% 0% 0% 17% 0% $50,336 19 -0.84 35 — — — — —
Religion 2 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $52,797 71 +0.24 42 — — — — —
Writing 2 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $50,085 42 -0.28 34 88% — — — —
Anthropology 5 +2 40% 80% 0% 0% 20% 0% $54,496 47 -0.22 46 — — — — —
Communication 12 +4 50% 67% 0% 25% 8% 0% $40,381 1 -2.01 12 92% — — — —
Geography 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $54,572 17 -0.87 46 — — — — —
Global Studies 1 +10 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $58,984 14 -0.72 57 — — — — —
Journalism 13 +1 46% 85% 0% 8% 0% 0% $46,558 2 -1.76 25 90% — — — —
Political Science 15 +6 47% 67% 13% 0% 0% 0% $62,017 22 -0.75 64 95% — — — —
Public Administration 6 — 33% 67% 33% 0% 0% 0% $61,972 22 -0.75 64 — — — — —
Sociology 14 — 14% 64% 0% 14% 21% 0% $54,611 47 -0.21 46 93% — — — —
Strategic Communication 15 +3 40% 67% 7% 13% 7% 7% $59,375 14 -1.12 58 96% — — — —
Art 30 +11 20% 63% 3% 10% 13% 3% $46,356 50 -0.05 24 93% — — — —
Film Production 25 +2 68% 84% 0% 4% 4% 4% $44,825 18 -0.62 20 91% — — — —
Interior Design 20 — 5% 80% 0% 10% 5% 5% $56,734 10 -1.30 52 90% — — — —
Music — — — — — — — — $48,737 58 +0.21 30 93% — — — —
Music Performance 13 — 77% 62% 0% 8% 15% 8% $48,737 58 +0.21 30 93% — — — —
Theatre 11 — 45% 82% 0% 18% 0% 0% $46,874 77 +0.51 26 95% — — — —
Criminology 32 +3 31% 78% 0% 16% 3% 0% $54,296 18 -0.77 46 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Business Administration 316 48% 71% 3% 10% 7% 4% $73,977 54 -0.54 81 95% 6.5%
Accounting 43 +3 44% 72% 7% 7% 5% 2% $83,651 46 -0.22 89 94% — — — —
Business Analytics 5 — 40% 60% 0% 0% 0% 40% $76,062 15 -0.94 83 — — — — —
Entrepreneurship 10 — 50% 70% 0% 20% 10% 0% $63,812 29 -0.53 67 86% — — — —
Finance 53 — 66% 68% 4% 8% 13% 2% $66,226 3 -1.13 71 97% — — — —
General Business 99 +1 39% 68% 1% 16% 7% 6% $75,637 61 -0.10 82 95% — — — —
Management Information Systems 17 — 47% 47% 6% 12% 12% 12% $80,815 27 -0.67 87 92% — — — —
Marketing 58 +4 38% 83% 0% 7% 5% 3% $72,195 34 -0.42 79 96% 6.5% — — —
Risk Management and Insurance 11 +1 64% 91% 0% 9% 0% 0% $75,139 5 -1.79 82 100% — — — —
Supply Chain Management 20 — 75% 75% 15% 5% 5% 0% $68,779 5 -1.35 75 91% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Education 185 27% 71% 1% 18% 6% 0% $51,542 1 -0.24 38 95% 11.7%
Nutrition and Wellness 4 — 25% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,199 23 -0.55 56 95% — — — —
Family and Consumer Sciences 49 +2 31% 43% 4% 39% 8% 0% $50,170 28 -0.37 34 92% 11.7% — — —
Elementary Education 65 — 5% 91% 0% 5% 2% 0% $51,897 52 -0.06 39 94% — — — —
Family and Consumer Sciences Education 7 — 0% 86% 0% 0% 0% 0% $51,913 21 -0.87 39 98% — — — —
Middle School Education 10 — 10% 70% 0% 10% 20% 0% $51,897 33 -0.37 39 94% — — — —
Physical Education 21 — 67% 52% 0% 43% 5% 0% $51,913 25 -0.72 39 97% — — — —
Social Studies Education 7 — 57% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $51,913 33 -0.60 39 98% — — — —
Special Education 2 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $48,383 10 -1.14 29 100% — — — —
Music Education 20 — 60% 75% 0% 10% 15% 0% $51,913 74 +0.56 39 98% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Health and Behavioral Sciences 375 27% 66% 2% 17% 9% 1% $60,655 12 -0.01 61 94%
Dietetics 12 — 8% 58% 0% 8% 17% 8% $57,977 23 -0.57 55 — — — — —
Nutrition Sciences 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $57,319 21 -0.63 53 — — — — —
Clinical Laboratory Science 4 — 0% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $72,833 30 -0.44 80 — — — — —
Communication Sciences and Disorders 33 — 6% 82% 0% 12% 3% 0% $62,007 50 -0.01 64 96% — — — —
Community Health 44 +1 34% 57% 0% 25% 11% 0% $62,588 33 -0.40 65 95% — — — —
Exercise Science 88 — 51% 65% 3% 16% 9% 1% $64,205 64 +0.28 68 94% — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — — — $71,611 66 +0.22 78 99% — — — —
Nuclear Medicine Technology 2 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $71,586 22 -0.65 78 100% — — — —
Radiation Therapy 21 — 19% 81% 5% 5% 10% 0% $71,586 22 -0.65 78 100% — — — —
Health Administration 13 — 62% 77% 0% 8% 8% 8% $67,013 66 +0.03 72 — — — — —
Psychology 137 +7 19% 65% 2% 17% 9% 1% $54,613 51 -0.07 46 91% — — — —
Substance Abuse and Addiction Counseling 20 — 5% 55% 0% 35% 5% 0% $62,588 97 +1.11 65 95% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics 249 53% 72% 4% 7% 6% 3% $76,293 62 -0.22 83 97%
Engineering Physics 4 — 50% 50% 25% 0% 0% 25% $88,959 17 -0.73 92 — — — — —
Computer Science 70 +1 80% 67% 7% 4% 6% 6% $89,395 11 -1.04 92 97% — — — —
Computer and Information Sciences 3 — 67% 67% 0% 0% 0% 0% $89,395 34 -0.43 92 97% — — — —
Cybersecurity 17 +10 76% 82% 0% 12% 0% 0% $95,751 55 +0.11 95 — — — — —
Data Science 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $68,130 2 -1.96 74 — — — — —
Chemistry 19 +1 32% 79% 5% 5% 5% 5% $70,587 49 -0.10 77 100% — — — —
Mathematics 14 — 50% 57% 0% 7% 0% 0% $66,424 21 -0.71 72 96% — — — —
Physics 2 — 50% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $73,709 19 -0.71 81 — — — — —
Biology 93 +2 35% 75% 3% 8% 8% 1% $68,469 61 +0.23 75 98% — — — —
Environmental Science 21 — 52% 95% 0% 5% 0% 0% $63,694 77 +0.63 67 90% — — — —
Natural Sciences 5 — 20% 0% 20% 40% 20% 0% $59,156 57 +0.06 58 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Nursing 126 10% 66% 4% 17% 7% 2% $88,041 86 -0.42 91 99%
Nursing 126 — 10% 66% 4% 17% 7% 2% $88,041 38 -0.42 91 99% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $11,055
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $19,174
Est. In-State Cost $14,301
Est. Out-of-State Cost $24,803
ROI Percentile 70th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 73%
4-Year Graduation Rate 42%
6-Year Graduation Rate 54%
Transfer-Out Rate 25%

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).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 21.6% 347 48% 70% 3% 10% 8% 4% $73,454 36 -0.55 80 95% 6.2%
Health Sciences 19.8% 318 25% 67% 3% 16% 8% 1% $73,840 36 -0.20 81 97% —
Social Sciences 18.0% 288 26% 62% 3% 20% 8% 1% $54,254 31 -0.31 45 92% 11.7%
Humanities 7.6% 122 31% 73% 1% 9% 7% 1% $56,251 58 +0.06 51 95% —
Arts 7.4% 119 43% 74% 1% 9% 9% 3% $49,021 38 -0.20 31 93% —
Education 7.0% 112 20% 82% 0% 12% 4% 0% $51,839 37 -0.31 39 95% —
Life & Natural Sciences 5.8% 93 35% 75% 3% 8% 8% 1% $68,469 52 +0.23 75 98% —
Computer Science 5.7% 91 79% 70% 5% 5% 4% 4% $90,349 17 -0.82 92 97% —
Agriculture & Food Science 2.7% 43 33% 74% 2% 9% 7% 2% $60,911 53 +0.09 62 91% —
Physical Sciences & Math 2.2% 35 40% 69% 3% 6% 6% 3% $69,100 22 -0.38 75 98% —
Professional 2.0% 32 31% 78% 0% 16% 3% 0% $54,296 8 -0.77 46 100% —
Engineering 0.2% 4 50% 50% 25% 0% 0% 25% $88,959 3 -0.73 92 — —

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Life & Natural Sciences $1.1M #314 70% $0.1M — — — —
Education $0.9M #248 48% $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.5M #428 81% $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0.4M #315 14% $0 4 #195 5 —
Agriculture & Food Science $0.1M #253 97% $0 — — — —
Engineering $0.1M #394 100% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.0M #517 0% $0 9 #242 46 —
Business & Economics $0.0M #398 0% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.0M #503 0% $0 — — — —
Total $3.1M #442 59% $0.1M 13 #436 51 —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 165 $4.4M $4.4M $0
Track & Field (combined) 124 $721K $721K $0
Baseball 44 $1.0M $1.0M $0
Soccer 44 $731K $731K $0
Basketball 18 $1.6M $1.6M $0
Golf 14 $303K $303K $0
Total 320 $8.7M $8.7M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 101 $928K $928K $0
Soccer 38 $677K $677K $0
Other Sports 37 $233K $233K $0
Softball 28 $762K $762K $0
Volleyball 21 $689K $689K $0
Beach Volleyball 16 $274K $274K $0
Basketball 12 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Golf 8 $341K $341K $0
Tennis 8 $398K $398K $0
Total 204 $5.5M $5.5M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 225 $1.7M $1.7M $0
Football 165 $4.4M $4.4M $0
Soccer 82 $1.4M $1.4M $0
Baseball 44 $1.0M $1.0M $0
Other Sports 37 $233K $233K $0
Basketball 30 $2.8M $2.8M $0
Softball 28 $762K $762K $0
Golf 22 $644K $644K $0
Volleyball 21 $689K $689K $0
Beach Volleyball 16 $274K $274K $0
Tennis 8 $398K $398K $0
Total 524 $17.7M $17.7M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 92%
Yield (non-ED) 34%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 92% 92% 92%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 97%
SAT Range 910 – 1170
SAT Math Range 430 – 580
SAT RW Range 480 – 590