by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock was awarded 25 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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UA Little Rock landed the #1,531 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
UA Little Rock also holds the #13 spot on the Best Colleges in Arkansas ranking.
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University of Arkansas at Little Rock has an acceptance rate of 61%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for UA Little Rock.
About 5% of students accepted to UA Little Rock submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 620. Math scores were between 490 and 600.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at UA Little Rock it is much better at 11 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Arkansas at Little Rock is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 75% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of Arkansas at Little Rock enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at UA Little Rock is 26%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,568 undergraduates at UA Little Rock with 3,541 being full-time and 3,027 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $14,678 | $16,019 | $18,993 | $20,744 | $21,300 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UA Little Rock, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UA Little Rock, approximately 31% of students took out student loans averaging $5,154 a year. That adds up to $20,616 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for UA Little Rock are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2801 S University Ave, Little Rock, AR 72204 |
| Phone: | 501-569-3000 |
| Website: | ualr.edu/www/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/ualr.edu |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/ualr |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 379 | $78,898 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 186 | $33,780 |
| Social Work | 146 | $35,408 |
| Law | 143 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 136 | $40,989 |
| Business Administration & Management | 120 | $39,022 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 74 | $38,936 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 70 | NA |
| General Psychology | 69 | $32,522 |
| Computer Information Systems | 68 | $54,817 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 5,488 students took at least one online class at University of Arkansas at Little Rock. This is a decrease from the 6,222 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 5,488 | 3,223 |
| 2021-2022 | 6,222 | 3,830 |
| 2020-2021 | 7,456 | 6,641 |
| 2018-2019 | 5,260 | 2,338 |
Learn more about online learning at University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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