University of Arkansas Business Programs

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

University of Arkansas Rankings

UARK landed the #249 spot in our 2023 ranking of best colleges. We analyzed 1,477 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. It is also ranked #1 out of 20 schools in Arkansas.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

UARK has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#143	Best Business Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at UARK.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#5	Most Popular Agricultural Economics Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#11	Most Popular Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#14	Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#18	Best Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#34	Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#36	Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#48	Most Popular International Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#76	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#80	Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#99	Best Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards UARK has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Retail Management Schools	College Factual
#69	Best Marketing Schools	College Factual
#82	Best Business Administration & Management Schools	College Factual
#91	Best General Business Administration and Management Schools	College Factual
#94	Best Accounting Schools	College Factual
#127	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual

Where Is University of Arkansas?

Contact details for UARK are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	Administration Bldg 425, Fayetteville, AR 72701
Phone:	479-575-2000
Website:	www.uark.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/UofArkansas
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/uarkansas

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	required
High School Rank	considered but not required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	considered but not required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	considered but not required

How Hard Is It To Get Into UARK?

UARK has an acceptance rate of 78%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 76%, and the acceptance rate for women is 79%.

Average Test Scores

About 24% 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 550 and 640. Math scores were between 540 and 640.

UARK received ACT scores from 89% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 31. Math scores were between 21 and 27. Composite scores were between 23 and 29.

Can I Afford University of Arkansas?

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 42% of students took out student loans averaging $8,404 a year. That adds up to $33,616 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UARK is 4.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

University of Arkansas Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 22,825 undergraduate students at UARK, with 20,252 being full-time and 2,573 being part-time.

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.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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.

Online Learning at University of Arkansas

In 2019-2020, 26,599 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UARK has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 10th most popular in Arkansas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of UARK

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at University of Arkansas was $9,384 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $25,872. The following table shows how UARK is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Human Resources Development	#1	#1
Management Science	#7	#16
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#10	#22
Human Resource Management	#34	#106
General Business/Commerce	#65	#120
General Business/Commerce	#65	#120

Online Growth Rankings of UARK

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Arkansas was 68.9%. This is the #453 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at UARK regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at UARK ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at UARK.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Human Resources Development	#4
Human Resource Management	#47
General Business/Commerce	#60
General Business/Commerce	#60

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

University of Arkansas Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Finance	392	0	10	0	402
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	335	0	0	0	335
General Business Administration and Management	200	0	94	13	307
Accounting	201	0	57	0	258
Supply Chain Management	221	0	0	0	221
Management Science	93	34	43	0	170
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	95	0	0	0	95
Business Economics	41	0	0	0	41
International Business/Trade/Commerce	33	0	0	0	33
General Economics	26	0	2	1	29
General Business/Commerce	26	0	0	0	26
Human Resources Development	21	0	0	0	21
Agricultural Economics	0	0	20	0	20
Entrepreneurship	0	5	0	0	5
Retail Management	3	0	0	0	3
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,687	39	226	14	1,966

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 Brandonrush under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.