Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 19.1-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 257 Title IV programs, 70 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 187 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing70 · 27.2%
- No Data187 · 72.8%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 15
Action history · 13
- Jun 2024Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalCouncil on Education for Public Health · Public Health Programs (PHPB) — Baccalaureate only level programs offered outside a school of public health
- May 2024Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar · Law (LAW) - Professional schools
- Jan 2024Approved for Distance EducationAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Didactic Program in Dietetics
- Jul 2023Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs
- Apr 2022Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: OtherAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Professional Psychology (IPSY) - Predoctoral internship programs
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 6,462 students received $37.4M in Pell grants, alongside $124.9M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 4,254 borrowers who entered repayment, 53 (1.2%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at University of Arkansas
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 11
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus33
- Non-campus3
- Public property2
Includes 14 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Race3
- Sexual orientation2
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Data quality: 5 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
University of Arkansas vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions University of Arkansas selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectUniversity of Arkansas | 71% | — | 33,610 | $18,209 | R1 Research |
| 91% | 15.3% | 32,438 | $11,655 | R1 Research | |
| 71% | 92.9% | 34,709 | $18,851 | R1 Research | |
| 82% | 45.9% | 34,145 | $24,323 | R1 Research | |
| 87% | 38.3% | 29,077 | $22,253 | R1 Research | |
| 63% | 92.6% | 28,464 | $23,433 | R1 Research | |
| Peer group median | 76% | 45.9% | 33,024 | $20,552 |
Institutions like University of Arkansas
Explore the federal data for institutions in University of Arkansas's comparison group.
- R1 ResearchNorth Carolina
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Grad rate91%Admit rate15.3%Enrollment32,438Net price$11,655View data - R1 ResearchKentucky
University of Kentucky
Grad rate71%Admit rate92.9%Enrollment34,709Net price$18,851View data - R1 ResearchAlabama
Auburn University
Grad rate82%Admit rate45.9%Enrollment34,145Net price$24,323View data - R1 ResearchSouth Carolina
Clemson University
Grad rate87%Admit rate38.3%Enrollment29,077Net price$22,253View data - R1 ResearchVirginia
Virginia Commonwealth University
Grad rate63%Admit rate92.6%Enrollment28,464Net price$23,433View data
University of Arkansas Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Strategic Analytics & Insights accurately and objectively compiles, analyzes, and delivers information about the University of Arkansas community to internal and external constituencies in order to foster informed decision making, data literacy, and institutional assessment.
Visit IR office pageCommon Data Set
University of Arkansas's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Selectivity & Admissions
Admissions funnel
C132,928 applied → 24,326 admitted (73.9%) → 6,956 enrolled.
Selectivity
C1Accessible — 73.9% acceptance rate.
Admit rate by gender
C1Admit rate varies by gender.
SAT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% SAT 1020–1210 (median 1110).
ACT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% ACT 21–28 (median 24).
High-school class rank
C10Share of enrolled first-years by HS class-rank band.
Waitlist outcome
C2389 offered a waitlist spot, 389 accepted it, 32 admitted (8.2% of those who stayed on).
What matters in admission
C7Relative importance of each admission factor.
Affordability & Value
Cost of attendance
GTotal sticker cost of attendance is $31,332 (2026-2027).
Outcomes & Equity
Graduation & retention
B6-year graduation rate 71%; first-year retention 86%.
Equity: Pell graduation gap
B4Pell-grant recipients graduate 16 pts below the overall rate (55% vs 71%).
Student Body & Diversity
Undergraduate race/ethnicity
B2Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.
International students
B21% of undergraduates are international (nonresident).
Undergrad vs graduate
B129,252 undergraduates and 4,909 graduate students.
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D14,326 transfer applicants → 2,211 admitted (51.1%) → 1,196 enrolled — more selective than first-year admission.
Source publications
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