Tightest Arkansas Colleges To Get In

The average acceptance rate of the 12 Arkansas colleges that have competitive admission is 68.66% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 1.64%. The acceptance rate at 6 Arkansas colleges increased and the rate of 6 colleges decreased.

Harding University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 45.12%. John Brown University (56.64%) and Lyon College (59.84%) are following it in the list of Tightest Arkansas 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.

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Key Admission and Academic Facts of Tightest Arkansas Colleges To Get In

Harding University has the lowest acceptance rate (tightest rate) of 45.12% and John Brown University has the second lowest rate of 56.64% among 12 Arkansas colleges with competitive admission. Harding University ranked 1st, up 2 places from 3rd last year. John Brown University ranked 2nd, up 0 places from 2nd last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $24,294 and graduate tuition & fees is $16,914 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Tightest Arkansas Colleges To Get In.

Table. Tightest Arkansas Colleges To Get In Comparison
	School Name	Acceptance Rate	Yield	SAT Score	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Total Population	Graduation Rate	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 2	Harding University Searcy, AR Private, four-years	45.12% 9.02%	78.86%	1,160	$24,888	4,805	69.00%	15 to 1
2 -	John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR Private, four-years	56.64% 3.77%	36.26%	1,210	$30,832	2,326	71.00%	15 to 1
3 2	Lyon College Batesville, AR Private, four-years	59.84% 32.63%	17.65%	-	$31,000	496	38.00%	9 to 1
4 3	Hendrix College Conway, AR Private, four-years	60.28% 8.02%	22.07%	1,230	$36,650	1,144	68.00%	11 to 1
5 1	University of Arkansas at Little Rock Little Rock, AR Public, four-years	61.46% 3.77%	25.03%	1,080	$19,210 ($8,455)	8,197	41.00%	11 to 1
6 1	Southern Arkansas University Main Campus Magnolia, AR Public, four-years	63.61% 1.01%	38.11%	1,070	$15,400 ($9,820)	5,094	44.00%	15 to 1
7 1	Arkansas State University Jonesboro, AR Public, four-years	69.51% 6.22%	31.53%	1,100	$13,826 ($7,754)	13,190	52.00%	15 to 1
8 1	Henderson State University Arkadelphia, AR Public, four-years	70.66% 4.35%	24.92%	995	$9,882 ($7,885)	2,519	39.00%	16 to 1
9 1	Ouachita Baptist University Arkadelphia, AR Private, four-years	72.32% 1.43%	29.83%	1,110	$32,480	1,784	65.00%	12 to 1
10 -	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR Public, four-years	78.93% 3.74%	34.30%	1,110	$28,772 ($9,748)	30,936	69.00%	20 to 1
	Average	63.84%	33.86%	1,118	$24,294 ($8,732)	7,049	55.60%	14 to 1

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