There are 85 colleges in Arkansas - 36 public and 49 private schools. The 2025 average undergraduate tuition of the Arkansas colleges is $9,093 for state residents and $18,958 for out-of-state students.

42 Arkansas cities have at least one college and, of them, Little Rock has the most of 12 colleges. It has 6 four-year colleges and 1 community college with a total of 19,982 students. Fort Smith and North Little Rock also has a number of colleges of 6 and 5 colleges respectively.

The following table shows the Arkansas colleges by city. The 2025 tuition & fees based on 4-year colleges' cost. You can view the list of colleges and average statistics for each city by following the link on the city name. Furthermore, you can sort the table by each column by touching/clicking the colum title.

85 Arkansas Colleges by City
CityNumber of SchoolsUnder-graduate TuitionGraduate TuitionPopulationStudents to Faculty
Total4-yearCommunity CollegesTrade SchoolsTotalUnder.Graduate
Little Rock 12615 $13,608
($9,172)		 $15,753
($8,452)		 19,982 12,930 7,052 15 to 1
Fort Smith 62-4 $12,182
($7,334)		 $10,282
($8,022)		 6,513 5,606 907 9 to 1
North Little Rock 5113 $6,150 $5,100 5,007 5,001 6 15 to 1
Pine Bluff 5122 $17,955
($9,375)		 $17,257
($9,076)		 3,048 2,860 188 12 to 1
Conway 43-1 $25,851
($10,523)		 $25,593
($7,446)		 11,835 9,981 1,854 14 to 1
Fayetteville 31-2 $29,966
($10,104)		 $30,892
($12,470)		 33,709 28,958 4,751 10 to 1
Hot Springs 3111 $11,515 - 2,037 2,037 - 16 to 1
Russellville 31-2 $14,668
($8,674)		 $7,670
($7,670)		 8,819 8,218 601 12 to 1
Springdale 31-2 $16,850 $12,075 562 562 - 10 to 1
Jacksonville 2--2 - - 102 102 - 17 to 1
Batesville 211- $31,000 $9,840 1,851 1,849 2 11 to 1
Siloam Springs 21-1 $31,756 $14,880 2,350 1,948 402 8 to 1
El Dorado 2-11 - - 1,249 1,249 - 13 to 1
Rogers 2--2 - - 115 115 - 8 to 1
Arkadelphia 22-- $22,560
($8,244)		 $13,522
($7,497)		 3,913 3,190 723 14 to 1
Jonesboro 21-1 $14,522
($8,090)		 $13,028
($7,322)		 15,795 10,054 5,741 20 to 1
Searcy 21-1 $25,962 $14,572 4,750 3,590 1,160 16 to 1
Melbourne 1-1- - - 1,069 1,069 - 13 to 1
Texarkana 1-1- - - - - - -
Magnolia 11-- $15,690
($9,960)		 $10,656
($7,380)		 4,732 3,084 1,648 16 to 1
Morrilton 1-1- - - 2,248 2,248 - 21 to 1
Bentonville 1-1- - - 8,412 8,412 - 13 to 1
Paragould 11-- $17,450 - 241 241 - 10 to 1
Beebe 1-1- - - 3,277 3,277 - 17 to 1
Blytheville 1-1- - - 1,461 1,461 - 20 to 1
Newport 1-1- - - 1,868 1,868 - 14 to 1
Mena 1-1- - - 786 786 - 19 to 1
Monticello 11-- $14,857
($9,292)		 $15,606
($9,834)		 2,856 2,457 399 12 to 1
Malvern 1-1- - - 1,983 1,983 - 13 to 1
Walnut Ridge 11-- $21,070 - 517 495 22 14 to 1
Pocahontas 1-1- - - 1,705 1,705 - 16 to 1
Clarksville 11-- $25,950 - 778 778 - 14 to 1
Camden 1-1- - - 991 991 - 11 to 1
De Queen 1-1- - - 1,312 1,312 - 14 to 1
Helena 1-1- - - 1,199 1,199 - 11 to 1
West Memphis 1-1- - - 1,022 1,022 - 11 to 1
Mountain Home 1-1- - - 1,315 1,315 - 12 to 1
Forrest City 1-1- - - 1,401 1,401 - 10 to 1
Hope 1-1- - - 1,305 1,305 - 12 to 1
Harrison 1-1- - - 2,089 2,089 - 14 to 1
Sherwood 1--1 - - 106 106 - 10 to 1
N Little Rock 1-1- - - 287 287 - 16 to 1