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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Pine Bluff, AR
Population 70,000
Website https://www.uapb.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 95 (20%)
Sunshine Hours 2,750 (74%)
Days Without Precipitation 260 (77%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,777
Men / Women 45% / 55%
From State 65%
From Region 25%
Athletes 20.2%

Racial/Ethnic

Black 89%
Hispanic 3%
White 3%
International 3%
Mixed 2%
Native American 1%
Asian 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 45.1% 45.1% 2012 Men: 45.9% 45.9% 2013 Men: 52.8% 52.8% 2014 Men: 48.2% 48.2% 2015 Men: 44.2% 44.2% 2016 Men: 39.2% 39.2% 2017 Men: 38.3% 38.3% 2018 Men: 46.3% 46.3% 2019 Men: 44.5% 44.5% 2020 Men: 39.4% 39.4% 2021 Men: 41.1% 41.1% 2022 Men: 47.3% 47.3% 2023 Men: 45.7% 45.7% 2024 Men: 43.8% 43.8%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2016 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2017 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2018 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2019 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2023 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2011 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2012 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2013 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2014 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2017 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2022 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2011 Black: 97.5% 97.5% 2012 Black: 98.7% 98.7% 2013 Black: 98.1% 98.1% 2014 Black: 96.6% 96.6% 2015 Black: 97.1% 97.1% 2016 Black: 96.7% 96.7% 2017 Black: 95.8% 95.8% 2018 Black: 95.6% 95.6% 2019 Black: 95.1% 95.1% 2020 Black: 96.5% 96.5% 2021 Black: 93.4% 93.4% 2022 Black: 92.0% 92.0% 2023 Black: 93.3% 93.3% 2024 Black: 89.8% 89.8% 2011 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Hispanic: 0.1% 0.1% 2013 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3% 2014 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3% 2015 Hispanic: 0.2% 0.2% 2016 Hispanic: 0.6% 0.6% 2017 Hispanic: 1.7% 1.7% 2018 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1% 2019 Hispanic: 2.2% 2.2% 2020 Hispanic: 1.7% 1.7% 2021 Hispanic: 1.2% 1.2% 2022 Hispanic: 2.0% 2.0% 2023 Hispanic: 1.8% 1.8% 2024 Hispanic: 3.2% 3.2% 2011 White: 1.8% 1.8% 2012 White: 1.0% 1.0% 2013 White: 1.0% 1.0% 2014 White: 1.2% 1.2% 2015 White: 1.5% 1.5% 2016 White: 1.2% 1.2% 2017 White: 0.8% 0.8% 2018 White: 2.0% 2.0% 2019 White: 1.8% 1.8% 2020 White: 1.0% 1.0% 2021 White: 3.6% 3.6% 2022 White: 2.6% 2.6% 2023 White: 1.4% 1.4% 2024 White: 2.5% 2.5% 2011 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2012 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2014 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2015 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2016 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2017 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2018 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2022 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2023 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2024 International: 1.3% 1.3%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2022 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2023 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2024 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2025 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2020 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2025 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Black: 89.8% 89.8% 2021 Black: 90.2% 90.2% 2022 Black: 90.0% 90.0% 2023 Black: 89.8% 89.8% 2024 Black: 89.4% 89.4% 2025 Black: 88.9% 88.9% 2020 Hispanic: 2.4% 2.4% 2021 Hispanic: 2.2% 2.2% 2022 Hispanic: 2.3% 2.3% 2023 Hispanic: 2.7% 2.7% 2024 Hispanic: 3.1% 3.1% 2025 Hispanic: 3.0% 3.0% 2020 White: 3.0% 3.0% 2021 White: 3.1% 3.1% 2022 White: 3.0% 3.0% 2023 White: 2.6% 2.6% 2024 White: 2.2% 2.2% 2025 White: 2.6% 2.6% 2020 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2021 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2022 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2023 International: 1.7% 1.7% 2024 International: 2.3% 2.3% 2025 International: 3.0% 3.0%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences 62 48% / 52% 2% $56,967 61 93%
Agricultural and Biological Engineering 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $89,711 95 —
Agriculture 25 — 40% / 60% 4% $46,061 30 —
Aquaculture — — — — $46,184 31 —
Natural Resources Management 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $45,993 30 —
Family and Consumer Sciences 13 — 8% / 92% 0% $40,851 16 97%
Industrial Technology 20 — 85% / 15% 0% $81,084 90 91%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Arts and Sciences 154 38% / 62% 3% $46,429 31 94%
Computer Science 9 — 67% / 33% 11% $67,132 78 95%
Chemistry 7 — 14% / 86% 0% $50,281 43 —
Mathematics 3 — 0% / 100% 33% $51,226 46 —
Biology 28 — 21% / 79% 0% $49,469 41 96%
English 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $44,400 25 —
General Studies 25 — 44% / 56% 4% $41,032 17 91%
Journalism 11 — 73% / 27% 0% $45,638 29 96%
Psychology 19 — 21% / 79% 0% $45,810 29 100%
Social Sciences 5 — 60% / 40% 0% $45,092 27 —
Social Work 7 — 0% / 100% 0% $47,199 34 96%
Art 11 — 55% / 45% 0% $37,812 11 —
Music 5 — 80% / 20% 0% $39,520 14 —
Criminal Justice 22 — 41% / 59% 5% $45,397 28 89%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Business and Management 30 47% / 53% 7% $52,008 48 92%
Accounting 4 — 25% / 75% 25% $43,668 23 95%
Business Administration 23 — 52% / 48% 4% $54,445 55 92%
Hospitality Management 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $44,451 26 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Education 30 60% / 40% 0% $45,300 28 91%
Recreation Therapy 7 — 14% / 86% 0% $50,095 42 100%
Early Childhood Education 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $44,012 24 —
Physical Education 19 — 84% / 16% 0% $43,806 24 88%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Nursing 16 12% / 88% 6% $112,052 99 95%
Nursing 16 — 12% / 88% 6% $112,052 99 95%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $9,888
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $19,141
Est. In-State Cost $12,791
Est. Out-of-State Cost $24,761
ROI Percentile 50th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 64%
4-Year Graduation Rate 23%
6-Year Graduation Rate 40%
Transfer-Out Rate 24%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 23.0% 23.0% 2012 Graduated: 27.8% 27.8% 2013 Graduated: 25.8% 25.8% 2014 Graduated: 27.2% 27.2% 2015 Graduated: 26.5% 26.5% 2016 Graduated: 23.6% 23.6% 2017 Graduated: 28.5% 28.5% 2018 Graduated: 28.8% 28.8% 2019 Graduated: 33.5% 33.5% 2020 Graduated: 38.9% 38.9% 2021 Graduated: 40.7% 40.7% 2022 Graduated: 41.2% 41.2% 2023 Graduated: 39.7% 39.7% 2024 Graduated: 40.4% 40.4%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 18.4% 18.4% 2012 Men: 22.7% 22.7% 2013 Men: 23.7% 23.7% 2014 Men: 24.6% 24.6% 2015 Men: 20.9% 20.9% 2016 Men: 17.6% 17.6% 2017 Men: 23.3% 23.3% 2018 Men: 24.4% 24.4% 2019 Men: 25.8% 25.8% 2020 Men: 31.4% 31.4% 2021 Men: 31.4% 31.4% 2022 Men: 36.2% 36.2% 2023 Men: 32.6% 32.6% 2024 Men: 35.0% 35.0% 2011 Women: 27.8% 27.8% 2012 Women: 32.9% 32.9% 2013 Women: 27.7% 27.7% 2014 Women: 29.6% 29.6% 2015 Women: 31.2% 31.2% 2016 Women: 29.5% 29.5% 2017 Women: 32.7% 32.7% 2018 Women: 32.6% 32.6% 2019 Women: 42.1% 42.1% 2020 Women: 45.7% 45.7% 2021 Women: 48.1% 48.1% 2022 Women: 44.3% 44.3% 2023 Women: 44.1% 44.1% 2024 Women: 44.9% 44.9%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 22.8% 22.8% 2012 Black: 27.7% 27.7% 2013 Black: 25.7% 25.7% 2014 Black: 26.6% 26.6% 2015 Black: 27.2% 27.2% 2016 Black: 23.3% 23.3% 2017 Black: 28.7% 28.7% 2018 Black: 28.7% 28.7% 2019 Black: 33.6% 33.6% 2020 Black: 39.1% 39.1% 2021 Black: 40.7% 40.7% 2022 Black: 40.6% 40.6% 2023 Black: 40.0% 40.0% 2024 Black: 41.0% 41.0%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

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
Humanities & Social Sciences 28.1% 82 34% / 66% 1% $43,584 23 95%
Professional 14.4% 42 62% / 38% 2% $62,391 71 90%
Business & Economics 10.3% 30 47% / 53% 7% $52,009 48 92%
Agriculture & Food Science 9.9% 29 41% / 59% 3% $47,559 35 —
Life & Natural Sciences 9.6% 28 21% / 79% 0% $49,469 41 96%
Education 7.9% 23 74% / 26% 0% $43,842 24 88%
Health Sciences 7.9% 23 13% / 87% 4% $93,196 96 97%
Arts 5.5% 16 62% / 38% 0% $38,346 12 —
Physical Sciences & Math 3.4% 10 10% / 90% 10% $50,565 44 —
Computer Science 3.1% 9 67% / 33% 11% $67,132 78 95%

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science $5.9M #88 50% $0.0M 1 #115 — 1
Physical Sciences & Math $1.0M #362 100% $0 — — — 1
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.7M #361 91% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.2M #478 87% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0 #456 — $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0 #525 — $0 — — — —
Education $0 #457 — $0 — — — —
Engineering $0 #449 — $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0 #441 — $0 — — — —
Total $7.8M #334 61% $0.0M 1 #560 — 2

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 No
Acceptance Rate 68%
Yield (Unbound) 14%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 68% 68% 68%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 29.4% 29.4% 2012 Acceptance: 32.8% 32.8% 2013 Acceptance: 27.7% 27.7% 2014 Acceptance: 38.7% 38.7% 2015 Acceptance: 46.2% 46.2% 2016 Acceptance: 41.9% 41.9% 2017 Acceptance: 46.7% 46.7% 2018 Acceptance: 44.4% 44.4% 2019 Acceptance: 43.9% 43.9% 2020 Acceptance: 59.7% 59.7% 2021 Acceptance: 67.5% 67.5% 2022 Acceptance: 69.3% 69.3% 2023 Acceptance: 57.5% 57.5% 2024 Acceptance: 41.2% 41.2% 2011 Yield: 50.2% 50.2% 2012 Yield: 38.6% 38.6% 2013 Yield: 50.1% 50.1% 2014 Yield: 36.6% 36.6% 2015 Yield: 33.3% 33.3% 2016 Yield: 29.0% 29.0% 2017 Yield: 25.1% 25.1% 2018 Yield: 23.3% 23.3% 2019 Yield: 21.6% 21.6% 2020 Yield: 21.0% 21.0% 2021 Yield: 21.3% 21.3% 2022 Yield: 19.8% 19.8% 2023 Yield: 18.8% 18.8% 2024 Yield: 15.1% 15.1%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 4,589 4,589 2012 Applicants: 4,543 4,543 2013 Applicants: 4,094 4,094 2014 Applicants: 3,508 3,508 2015 Applicants: 4,452 4,452 2016 Applicants: 6,353 6,353 2017 Applicants: 4,393 4,393 2018 Applicants: 5,508 5,508 2019 Applicants: 5,136 5,136 2020 Applicants: 5,464 5,464 2021 Applicants: 4,699 4,699 2022 Applicants: 4,183 4,183 2023 Applicants: 3,792 3,792 2024 Applicants: 6,625 6,625 2011 Admitted: 1,348 1,348 2012 Admitted: 1,489 1,489 2013 Admitted: 1,134 1,134 2014 Admitted: 1,357 1,357 2015 Admitted: 2,055 2,055 2016 Admitted: 2,664 2,664 2017 Admitted: 2,051 2,051 2018 Admitted: 2,443 2,443 2019 Admitted: 2,257 2,257 2020 Admitted: 3,260 3,260 2021 Admitted: 3,173 3,173 2022 Admitted: 2,900 2,900 2023 Admitted: 2,182 2,182 2024 Admitted: 2,728 2,728 2011 Enrolled: 677 677 2012 Enrolled: 575 575 2013 Enrolled: 568 568 2014 Enrolled: 496 496 2015 Enrolled: 684 684 2016 Enrolled: 772 772 2017 Enrolled: 514 514 2018 Enrolled: 568 568 2019 Enrolled: 488 488 2020 Enrolled: 685 685 2021 Enrolled: 677 677 2022 Enrolled: 575 575 2023 Enrolled: 411 411 2024 Enrolled: 411 411

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy required
Submitted Test Scores 80%
SAT Range 840 – 1100
SAT Math Range 420 – 530
SAT RW Range 420 – 570

SAT Composite

25th 75th
600 800 1000 1200 1400 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 760 760 2012 25th: 700 700 2013 25th: 678 678 2014 25th: 763 763 2015 25th: 780 780 2016 25th: 838 838 2017 25th: 883 883 2018 25th: 890 890 2019 25th: 890 890 2020 25th: 800 800 2021 25th: 810 810 2022 25th: 805 805 2023 25th: 880 880 2024 25th: 845 845 2011 75th: 1000 1000 2012 75th: 910 910 2013 75th: 923 923 2014 75th: 910 910 2015 75th: 1000 1000 2016 75th: 1065 1065 2017 75th: 1060 1060 2018 75th: 1040 1040 2019 75th: 1050 1050 2020 75th: 1000 1000 2021 75th: 1016 1016 2022 75th: 1045 1045 2023 75th: 1048 1048 2024 75th: 1108 1108

SAT Math

25th 75th
300 400 500 600 700 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 390 390 2012 25th: 355 355 2013 25th: 348 348 2014 25th: 393 393 2015 25th: 400 400 2016 25th: 415 415 2017 25th: 435 435 2018 25th: 440 440 2019 25th: 450 450 2020 25th: 400 400 2021 25th: 390 390 2022 25th: 380 380 2023 25th: 450 450 2024 25th: 420 420 2011 75th: 510 510 2012 75th: 470 470 2013 75th: 493 493 2014 75th: 460 460 2015 75th: 500 500 2016 75th: 535 535 2017 75th: 515 515 2018 75th: 510 510 2019 75th: 520 520 2020 75th: 500 500 2021 75th: 508 508 2022 75th: 520 520 2023 75th: 520 520 2024 75th: 538 538

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
300 400 500 600 700 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 370 370 2012 25th: 345 345 2013 25th: 330 330 2014 25th: 370 370 2015 25th: 380 380 2016 25th: 423 423 2017 25th: 448 448 2018 25th: 450 450 2019 25th: 440 440 2020 25th: 400 400 2021 25th: 420 420 2022 25th: 425 425 2023 25th: 430 430 2024 25th: 425 425 2011 75th: 490 490 2012 75th: 440 440 2013 75th: 430 430 2014 75th: 450 450 2015 75th: 500 500 2016 75th: 530 530 2017 75th: 545 545 2018 75th: 530 530 2019 75th: 530 530 2020 75th: 500 500 2021 75th: 508 508 2022 75th: 525 525 2023 75th: 528 528 2024 75th: 570 570

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2020 Submitted: 93.0% 93.0% 2021 Submitted: 93.0% 93.0% 2022 Submitted: 87.0% 87.0% 2023 Submitted: 89.0% 89.0% 2024 Submitted: 80.0% 80.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.