by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
University of Arkansas - Fort Smith was awarded 382 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business support & assistant services.
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College Factual ranked UAFS as #1,416 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UAFS held the #1,618 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
UAFS also holds the #13 spot on the Best Colleges in Arkansas ranking.
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University of Arkansas - Fort Smith has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At University of Arkansas - Fort Smith, this ratio is 18 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Arkansas - Fort Smith is 69%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at University of Arkansas - Fort Smith is 67%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 21% for first-time, full-time students at UAFS, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,830 undergraduates at UAFS with 3,811 being full-time and 2,019 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,816 | $7,638 | $10,326 | $11,054 | $10,330 |
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 UAFS, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UAFS, approximately 34% of students took out student loans averaging $5,122 a year. That adds up to $20,488 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UAFS is 7.9%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for UAFS are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 5210 Grand Ave, Fort Smith, AR 72913-3649 |
| Phone: | 479-788-7000 |
| Website: | https://uafs.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/uafortsmith |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/uafs |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 240 | $32,587 |
| Nursing | 111 | $60,394 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 51 | $29,118 |
| General Biology | 44 | $23,877 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 42 | $35,492 |
| Mathematics | 39 | NA |
| General Psychology | 39 | $26,233 |
| Computer Information Systems | 23 | $47,923 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 20 | $31,076 |
| Social Work | 19 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 3,299 students took at least one online class at University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. This is a decrease from the 4,863 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 3,299 | 967 |
| 2019-2020 | 4,863 | 1,625 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,002 | 558 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,299 | 690 |
| 2016-2017 | 3,286 | 580 |
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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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