72.95% of Applicants Accepted to Arkansas Colleges in 2025 Admission

84,409

Applicants

61,579

Admitted

72.95%

Acceptance Rate

27.97%

Yield

For 2024-2025 admission, the average acceptance rate of Arkansas colleges is 72.95%, 61,579 accepted out of 84,409 applicants.

For Arkansas college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 7,456 (9.69%) compared to last year, from 76,953 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 463, which is more than 2.76% last year.

Arkansas colleges' acceptance rate increased by 0.12% compared to last year, which means easier to get into Arkansas colleges. The yield decreased by 1.93%.

Among Arkansas colleges, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff has the lowest acceptance rate of 41.18% with 2,728 accepted students out of 6,625 applicants. University of Arkansas has the most number of applicants of 30,555 and University of Arkansas has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 6,618.

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.

Data source: IPEDS
Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Arkansas Colleges
SchoolApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff6,625
2,833		2,728
546		41141.18%
-16.36%		15.07%
-3.77%
Hendrix College3,161
545		1,759
373		318
43		55.65%
2.67%		18.08%
-1.76%
University of Arkansas at Little Rock4,335
674		2,548
434		556
78		58.78%
1.04%		21.82%
-0.79%
University of the Ozarks2,230
314		1,327
213		208
20		59.51%
1.37%		15.67%
-1.21%
Lyon College1,654
-868		1,038
-615		234
-3		62.76%
-2.78%		22.54%
8.20%
Central Baptist College260
-42		165
25		109
5		63.46%
17.10%		66.06%
-8.23%
Ouachita Baptist University2,155
17		1,455
-10		421
-48		67.52%
-1.00%		28.93%
-3.08%
Harding University2,714
512		1,914
-288		854
-10		70.52%
-29.48%		44.62%
5.38%
Ecclesia College42
-78		31
-26		26
-7		73.81%
26.31%		83.87%
25.98%
University of Arkansas30,555
2,369		22,703
2,501		6,618
281		74.30%
2.63%		29.15%
-2.22%
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus2,708
-228		2,040
85		709
-88		75.33%
8.74%		34.75%
-6.02%
John Brown University1,647
102		1,254
209		388
4		76.14%
8.50%		30.94%
-5.81%
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith2,769
92		2,228
47		895
9		80.46%
-1.01%		40.17%
-0.45%
Arkansas State University12,252
4,233		10,078
4,491		1,969
309		82.26%
12.59%		19.54%
-10.17%
Williams Baptist University609
-405		508
-89		147
19		83.42%
24.54%		28.94%
7.50%
University of Central Arkansas7,039
450		6,299
338		2,182
445		89.49%
-0.98%		34.64%
5.50%
Baptist Health College Little Rock22
7		21
6		8
-1		95.45%
-4.55%		38.10%
-21.90%
Arkansas Tech University3,654
-1,250		3,504
-1,218		1,179
-288		95.89%
-0.40%		33.65%
2.58%
University of Arkansas Community College-Morrilton794
-136		794
-136		415
-69		100.00%52.27%
0.23%