The average acceptance rate of the 6 public Arkansas colleges that have competitive admission is 79.34% for the academic year 2024-2025. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 3.01%. The acceptance rate at 4 public Arkansas colleges increased and the rate of 2 colleges decreased.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 58.78%. University of Arkansas (74.30%) and Southern Arkansas University Main Campus (75.33%) are following it in the list of Tightest Arkansas Public Colleges to Get In.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. University of Arkansas ranked 2nd, up 2 places from 4th last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $19,265 and graduate tuition & fees is $15,130 for the academic year 2024-2025.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | University of Arkansas at Little Rock Little Rock, ARPublic, 4-year | 58.78% 1.04% | 21.82% | 1,030 | $22,721 ($9,911) | 8,216 | 42.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 2 2 | University of Arkansas Fayetteville, ARPublic, 4-year | 74.30% 2.63% | 29.15% | 1,120 | $29,966 ($10,104) | 33,610 | 71.00% | 20 to 1 |
| 3 1 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus Magnolia, ARPublic, 4-year | 75.33% 8.74% | 34.75% | 1,000 | $15,690 ($9,960) | 4,732 | 49.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 4 1 | Arkansas State University Jonesboro, ARPublic, 4-year | 82.26% 12.59% | 19.54% | 1,100 | $14,522 ($8,090) | 15,726 | 55.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 5 1 | University of Central Arkansas Conway, ARPublic, 4-year | 89.49% 0.98% | 34.64% | 1,040 | $18,023 ($10,523) | 10,112 | 54.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 6 1 | Arkansas Tech University Russellville, ARPublic, 4-year | 95.89% 0.40% | 33.65% | 1,000 | $14,668 ($8,674) | 8,746 | 49.00% | 17 to 1 |
| Average | 79.34% | 28.92% | 1,048 | $19,265 ($9,544) | 13,524 | 53.33% | 16 to 1 |