University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR
University of Arkansas admitted 24,326 of 32,919 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (73.9%).
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What stands out at University of Arkansas
Three things University of Arkansas published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
32 admitted from a waitlist of 389.
389 students accepted a place on that list, and 32 were admitted from it, 8.2% of the students who waited. A waitlist offer here is not a near-miss anyone can plan around.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
31.2% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 72.2% sent an ACT. University of Arkansas files test scores under “considered”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Families paid $18,209 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
73.9%
24,326 admitted of 32,919 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1020–1210
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
21–28
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.83
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
31.2%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
72.2%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at University of Arkansas?
The figures above describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores and activities, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What University of Arkansas says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Essayconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Course rigorconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rankconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Demonstrated interest
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Offered a waitlist place
- 389
- Accepted the place
- 389
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 32
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $18,209 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $14,319
- $30k–$48k
- $14,322
- $48k–$75k
- $15,934
- $75k–$110k
- $20,772
- Over $110k
- $22,470
Source: the College Scorecard
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Early ActionNovember 1, 2026
Verified July 13, 2026
- Rolling AdmissionJuly 26, 2027
Verified August 19, 2026 · Source
More colleges on the record
Every one of these carries the same measured figures, with the same sources.
Other colleges in Arkansas
The pages nearest this one on acceptance rate, in the same state.
Colleges with a nearby acceptance rate
Anywhere in the country, ordered by how close the published rate is to this one. A selection rule, not a ranking.
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