Finance at University of Arkansas

If you are interested in studying finance, you may want to check out the program at University of Arkansas. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and approximately 27,562 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 392 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from UARK.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Finance section at the bottom of this page.

UARK Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance
• Master’s Degree in Finance

UARK Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at UARK compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at UARK is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	40
	54
	57
	121
	132
	174
	181

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in finance from UARK. This makes it the #91 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Finance Student Demographics at UARK

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the finance majors at University of Arkansas.

UARK Finance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 392 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Finance from UARK in 2020-2021, 79% were men and 21% were women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at UARK are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Arkansas with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	324
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

UARK Finance Master’s Program

Of the 10 finance students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UARK, about 90% were men and 10% were women.

Of the students who received a finance master's degree from UARK, 90% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Arkansas with a master's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UARK also has a doctoral program available in finance. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in finance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AR, the home state for University of Arkansas.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
General and Operations Managers	20,440	$87,650
Financial Managers	4,350	$106,530
Loan Officers	2,650	$73,990
Chief Executives	2,150	$126,960
Financial Analysts	1,060	$78,050

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Brandonrush under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.