University of Central Arkansas
Conway, AR
University of Central Arkansas is a public university in Conway, Arkansas, a small city, with 7,762 undergraduates. Education and kinesiology are its signature fields: together they make up 15% of its bachelor's degrees, two and a half times their share across the colleges we cover. 54% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $45,938 ten years after starting.
University of Central Arkansas admitted 5,961 of 6,589 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (90.5%).
- Acceptance rate
- 90.5%
- Fall 2023 class
- In-state tuition
- $10,523
- $18,023 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $16,511
- Average, students with aid
- ACT, middle 50%
- 19–25
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What University of Central Arkansas is known for
Measured by the 1,632 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Education
8.0%
of its bachelor's degrees: about twice the 3.9% share across the colleges we cover.
Kinesiology
6.8%
of its bachelor's degrees: two and a half times the 2.6% share across the colleges we cover.
- Psychology1509.2% of degrees$43,363−14% vs $50,706 nationally
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness1116.8% of degrees$50,557−7% vs $54,562 nationally
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing1066.5% of degrees$76,783−14% vs $88,910 nationally
- Business/Commerce905.5% of degrees$59,641−13% vs $68,407 nationally
- Biology804.9% of degrees$50,742−11% vs $57,214 nationally
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods774.7% of degrees$46,295About the $47,382 national median
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Small city
Conway, AR
Undergraduates
7,762
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Doctoral and professional university
Living on campus
A quarter to half
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
15 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
3%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at University of Central Arkansas
Two things University of Central 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.
4% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 94% sent an ACT. University of Central Arkansas files test scores under “considered”.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Families paid $16,511 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
90.5%
5,961 admitted of 6,589 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 490–570Math 450–550
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
19–25
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
4%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
94%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at University of Central Arkansas?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What University of Central Arkansas costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $10,523 ($18,023 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $25,029. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $16,511 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$10,523
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$18,023
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$25,029
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$16,511
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $25,029 full cost.
- Under $30k$14,656Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$13,988Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$16,203Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$20,318Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$20,157Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
54%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
73%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$45,938
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$20,346
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
What University of Central Arkansas says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Essay
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Course rigor
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendations
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rank
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
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