Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 450,000
Map of the United States

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,700 (67%)
Days Without Precipitation 257 (72%)

Honors College

Name Honors College
Students 3,000 (11%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 26,911
Men / Women 44% / 56%
From State 43%
From Region 50%
Athletes 2.3%

Racial/Ethnic

White 74%
Hispanic 12%
Mixed 5%
Asian 3%
Black 3%
Native American 1%
International 1%

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education and Health Professions 1,214 18% / 82% 0% $68,048 73 94%
Communication Sciences and Disorders 82 4% / 96% 0% $63,638 65 98%
Kinesiology 165 35% / 65% 1% $61,893 61
Kinesiology and Exercise Science $63,795 65
Nursing 357 6% / 94% 0% $88,092 91 95%
Pre-Pharmacy 1 100% / 0% 0% $121,397 99
Public Health 156 8% / 92% 1% $58,286 52 89%
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies 96 65% / 35% 3% $73,928 81 100%
Human Development and Family Studies 79 4% / 96% 0% $52,498 36 89%
Social Work 59 14% / 86% 0% $52,858 37 87%
Early Childhood Education 6 0% / 100% 0% $54,177 41 96%
Education 25 8% / 92% 0% $54,083 41 93%
Elementary Education 85 4% / 96% 0% $54,177 41 96%
Kinesiology and Physical Education 1 100% / 0% 0% $63,795 65 96%
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 23 57% / 43% 0% $58,811 54 90%
Secondary Education and Teaching 40 55% / 45% 0% $54,177 41 96%
Special Education 9 0% / 100% 0% $58,303 53 100%
Technical Teacher Education 7 0% / 100% 0% $58,811 54 90%
Art Education 7 14% / 86% 0% $58,811 54 90%
Music Education 16 50% / 50% 0% $58,811 54 90%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering 426 73% / 27% 5% $98,703 96 95%
Biomedical Engineering 53 57% / 43% 4% $72,573 79 94%
Chemical Engineering 50 52% / 48% 6% $113,865 99 94%
Civil Engineering 62 76% / 24% 3% $89,789 92 97%
Computer Engineering 28 93% / 7% 14% $128,714 100 93%
Electrical Engineering 34 85% / 15% 3% $104,098 98 96%
Industrial Engineering 43 67% / 33% 7% $121,345 99 100%
Mechanical Engineering 133 89% / 11% 3% $94,735 95 94%
Biological Engineering 23 35% / 65% 9% $86,106 90 100%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences 472 30% / 70% 1% $66,329 70 93%
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations 89 +1 71% / 29% 0% $75,305 82 100%
Agricultural and Extension Education Services 17 29% / 71% 0% $57,170 49 100%
Agronomy and Crop Science 8 75% / 25% 12% $59,162 55
Animal Sciences 81 +1 19% / 81% 2% $63,401 64 93%
Dietetics/Dietitian 32 9% / 91% 0% $61,497 60
Environmental Science 47 45% / 55% 2% $57,442 50 87%
Food Science 18 33% / 67% 0% $86,510 91 100%
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies 66 9% / 91% 3% $60,633 58 93%
Ornamental Horticulture 20 40% / 60% 0% $47,545 21 84%
Poultry Science 7 14% / 86% 0% $63,401 64 93%
Apparel and Textiles 87 9% / 91% 0% $73,600 80 90%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design 159 33% / 67% 1% $74,651 81 94%
Architecture 78 53% / 47% 1% $75,902 82 94%
Interior Design 66 6% / 94% 0% $74,036 81
Landscape Architecture 15 53% / 47% 0% $70,853 77
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences 1,876 35% / 65% 1% $68,242 73 94%
Computational Science 42 55% / 45% 0% $97,901 96
Computer Science 133 74% / 26% 5% $105,105 98 100%
Computer and Information Sciences 27 85% / 15% 7% $121,239 99 97%
Chemistry 58 +5 50% / 50% 2% $70,544 77 100%
Geosciences 15 +1 40% / 60% 0% $54,650 42 90%
Mathematics 29 +4 45% / 55% 0% $71,387 78 100%
Physics 21 +3 67% / 33% 0% $75,001 82
Biology 210 +5 31% / 69% 1% $70,138 76 94%
Anthropology 35 +1 40% / 60% 0% $47,428 21 84%
Arabic 4 +2 75% / 25% 0% $64,799 67
Classics $62,973 64
Communication 220 +8 34% / 66% 0% $68,577 74 95%
English 46 24% / 76% 0% $47,829 22 94%
French 3 +4 33% / 67% 0% $65,339 68 87%
German 10 50% / 50% 0% $64,486 66
History 53 +9 62% / 38% 0% $57,848 51 94%
Interdisciplinary Studies 60 52% / 48% 0% $52,493 36 100%
International Affairs 30 +4 23% / 77% 20% $64,828 67 87%
Journalism 66 +3 33% / 67% 2% $67,320 72 96%
Philosophy 16 +3 56% / 44% 0% $56,645 48
Political Science 108 +23 43% / 57% 1% $74,198 81 93%
Psychology 284 +9 16% / 84% 1% $58,762 54 94%
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication 122 +1 10% / 90% 1% $70,166 76
Sociology 33 +81 33% / 67% 3% $57,327 50 91%
Spanish 17 +7 18% / 82% 0% $65,339 68 87%
Art History 5 20% / 80% 0% $49,188 26 92%
Design and Visual Communications 33 24% / 76% 0% $72,288 79 96%
Fine Arts 30 +1 13% / 87% 0% $49,188 26 92%
Music Performance 18 +2 44% / 56% 0% $52,311 35 94%
Studio Art 19 +1 32% / 68% 0% $49,188 26 92%
Theatre 15 +1 13% / 87% 0% $38,261 6 89%
Criminal Justice 114 +36 32% / 68% 1% $61,359 60 91%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Sam M. Walton College of Business 1,831 60% / 40% 1% $90,535 93 96%
Accounting 179 +22 58% / 42% 1% $96,343 95 96%
Business Administration 112 +4 40% / 60% 3% $89,567 92 95%
Business Analytics 72 +12 76% / 24% 1% $96,538 95 94%
Business/Managerial Economics 28 +8 75% / 25% 0% $80,396 86 100%
Economics 21 +8 81% / 19% 0% $75,007 82 100%
Entrepreneurship 60 +9 68% / 32% 2% $81,242 87
Finance 437 +21 82% / 18% 1% $96,969 96 94%
General Business 30 60% / 40% 0% $78,853 85 100%
Human Resources Development 19 16% / 84% 0% $61,964 61 85%
Human Resources Management 5 20% / 80% 0%
International Business 39 31% / 69% 0% $81,523 87 97%
Logistics 312 +27 70% / 30% 2% $89,567 92 95%
Marketing 491 +35 37% / 63% 1% $87,967 91 98%
Organizational Leadership 18 +6 78% / 22% 0%
Retail Management 1 100% / 0% 0% $89,567 92
Geography 7 +1 57% / 43% 0% $62,287 62

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $10,615
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $31,880
Est. In-State Cost $13,732
Est. Out-of-State Cost $41,240
ROI Percentile 84th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 86%
4-Year Graduation Rate 56%
6-Year Graduation Rate 70%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

% Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Business & Economics 32.1% 1,920 60% / 40% 1% $89,799 92 96%
Humanities & Social Sciences 20.9% 1,252 27% / 73% 1% $61,920 61 93%
Health Sciences 12.7% 761 12% / 88% 0% $73,710 80 94%
Agriculture & Food Science 6.8% 408 35% / 65% 2% $65,894 69 95%
Engineering 6.7% 403 76% / 24% 5% $99,423 96 95%
Arts 6.5% 389 25% / 75% 0% $67,307 72 92%
Life & Natural Sciences 3.5% 210 31% / 69% 1% $70,138 76 94%
Computer Science 3.4% 202 72% / 28% 4% $105,764 98 100%
Education 3.3% 196 21% / 79% 0% $55,113 44 95%
Physical Sciences & Math 2.1% 123 50% / 50% 1% $69,565 75 98%
Professional 1.9% 114 32% / 68% 1% $61,359 60 91%

Research R1

Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science $84.4M #28 23% $3.5M 24 #26 140 12
Engineering $63.1M #80 64% $2.9M 35 #96 339 34
Physical Sciences & Math $18.8M #136 63% $0.2M 20 #124 175
Life & Natural Sciences $13.3M #143 45% $0.0M 21 #100 122 16
Humanities & Social Sciences $13.0M #134 45% $0.0M 25 #160 109 4
Computer Science $11.6M #77 60% $0.3M
Education $7.2M #73 19% $0 32 #130
Business & Economics $2.4M #144 3% $0.1M 13 #102 15
Health Sciences $0.4M #311 91% $0 9 #147 44
Total $214M #120 43% $7.0M 179 #122 944 66

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 75%
Yield (Unbound) 29%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 75% 75% 75%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 100%
SAT Range 1030 – 1220
SAT Math Range 510 – 600
SAT RW Range 520 – 620