unitid 106397 · Fayetteville, AR · public 4-year · city (small)
University of Arkansas
- enrollment 2023
- 33,352
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
74%
33rd pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
28,677
94th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
18%
undergrads on Pell grants
11th pctl among public 4-years
completion
71%
finish within 150% time
89th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$27,767
79th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$18,209
after aid, aided students
85th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$58,191
after entry, Title IV students
71st pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$21,500
68th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $14,319 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k20%
- 30-48k14%
- 48-75k15%
- 75-110k16%
- 110k+36%
- Median family income
- $64,201
- First-generation students
- 26%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $10,104
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.7× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 402 | $79,873 | $21,500 |
| Marketing. | 368 | $78,446 | $21,500 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 355 | $86,474 | $22,924 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 291 | $78,557 | $24,327 |
| Psychology, General. | 233 | $52,402 | $24,463 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 201 | $61,155 | $21,165 |
| Biology, General. | 190 | $62,547 | $24,000 |
| Engineering-Related Fields. | 167 | — | — |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 161 | $85,915 | $25,914 |
| Engineering-Related Fields. | 156 | $88,207 | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 135 | $56,890 | $24,550 |
| Political Science and Government. | 126 | $66,167 | $25,370 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.