74.40% of Applicants Accepted to Arkansas Colleges in 2022-2023 Admission

The 2023 average acceptance rate of Arkansas colleges is 74.40% and the admission yield is 31.23%. A total of 71,002 applicants have applied to Arkansascolleges (four-years) and 52,828 have accepted to admit into one or more schools. Finally, 16,496 students out of the accepted students have enrolled into one of the accepted colleges.

For Arkansas college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 3,015 (4.43%) compared to last year, from 67,987 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 1,101, which is more than 7.15% last year.

Arkansas colleges' acceptance rate increased by 0.68% compared to last year, which means easier to get into Arkansas colleges. The yield increased by 0.51%.

Among Arkansas colleges, Harding University has the lowest acceptance rate of 45.12% with 1,017 accepted students out of 2,254 applicants. University of Arkansas has the most number of applicants of 26,219 and University of Arkansas has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 7,099.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Arkansas Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Arkansas. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Last Update: December 24, 2023 | Data source: IPEDS

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Arkansas Colleges
School	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Yield
University of Arkansas at Little Rock	3,568 -218	2,193 9	549 68	61.46% 3.77%	25.03% 3.01%
Lyon College	1,382 -1,062	827 162	146 8	59.84% 32.63%	17.65% -3.10%
University of Arkansas	26,219 4,757	20,695 2,952	7,099 1,034	78.93% -3.74%	34.30% 0.12%
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff	4,183 -516	2,900 -273	575 -102	69.33% 1.80%	19.83% -1.51%
Arkansas State University	6,045 210	4,202 509	1,325 24	69.51% 6.22%	31.53% -3.70%
Arkansas Tech University	5,762 -456	5,439 -429	1,452 56	94.39% 0.02%	26.70% 2.91%
Baptist Health College Little Rock	14 13	12 12	4 4	85.71%	33.33%
University of Central Arkansas	6,522 465	5,949 354	1,803 -51	91.21% -1.16%	30.31% -2.83%
Central Baptist College	269 -80	172 -43	103 -35	63.94% 2.34%	59.88% -4.31%
Harding University	2,254 54	1,017 -174	802 54	45.12% -9.02%	78.86% 16.06%
Henderson State University	2,345 -32	1,657 -126	413 -5	70.66% -4.35%	24.92% 1.48%
Hendrix College	2,729 344	1,645 16	363 47	60.28% -8.02%	22.07% 2.67%
John Brown University	1,490 -114	844 -4	306 -27	56.64% 3.77%	36.26% -3.01%
Ouachita Baptist University	2,063 -547	1,492 -433	445 -40	72.32% -1.43%	29.83% 4.64%
University of the Ozarks	2,157 239	1,296 234	229 28	60.08% 4.71%	17.67% -1.26%
University of Arkansas Community College-Morrilton	991 104	991 104	479	100.00%	48.34% -5.66%
Williams Baptist University	951 -230	564 -193	144 -43	59.31% -4.79%	25.53% 0.83%
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus	2,916 103	1,855 94	707 75	63.61% 1.01%	38.11% 2.22%
Ecclesia College	147 98	81 48	35 10	55.10% -12.25%	43.21% -32.55%

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