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University of Central Arkansas

University of Central Arkansas is a public campus in Conway proper — federal locale codes class it as urban.

What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$14,387

family income
under $30k

$14,946

$30–48k

$17,233

$48–75k

$19,775

$75–110k

$20,028

over $110k

Average net price

$16,5112023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at University of Central Arkansas rose from $12,893 (2008) to $16,511 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$12,893
2009	$11,752
2010	$9,542
2011	$10,415
2012	$9,693
2013	$11,087
2014	$13,063
2015	$13,231
2016	$14,375
2017	$14,723
2018	$15,376
2019	$16,554
2020	$14,735
2021	$15,889
2022	$16,775
2023	$16,511

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$25,0292024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at University of Central Arkansas rose from $17,705 (2009) to $25,029 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$17,705
2010	$17,928
2011	$18,333
2012	$17,990
2013	$17,899
2014	$18,354
2015	$19,686
2016	$20,052
2017	$20,702
2018	$21,350
2019	$22,041
2020	$23,185
2021	$21,408
2022	$23,167
2023	$24,265
2024	$25,029

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition (in-state vs out-of-state)

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

In-stateOut-of-state

Tuition — data
Year	In-state	Out-of-state
2000	$3,402	$6,144
2001	$3,738	$6,798
2002	$3,990	$7,302
2003	$4,505	$7,817
2004	$5,053	$8,609
2005	$5,664	$10,164
2006	$6,010	$10,705
2007	$6,025	$10,720
2008	$6,505	$11,605
2013	$7,595	$13,340
2014	$7,889	$13,806
2015	$7,889	$13,806
2016	$8,224	$14,447
2017	$8,524	$15,047
2018	$8,752	$15,275
2019	$9,188	$15,998
2020	$9,338	$16,148
2021	$9,563	$16,433
2022	$9,778	$16,728
2023	$10,118	$17,258

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

University of Central Arkansas reports published tuition by residency: $10,523 in-state versus $18,023 out-of-state — a $7,500 gap that makes state lines part of the decision. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

University of Central Arkansas reports 7,762 undergraduate students. Enrollment is a headcount, not a measure of teaching access.

53.5% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at University of Central Arkansas within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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53.5%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at University of Central Arkansas rose from 31.5% (entered 1991) to 53.5% (entered 2018).

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	31.5%
1992 cohort	32%
1993 cohort	34.5%
1994 cohort	35.2%
1995 cohort	34.2%
1996 cohort	36.7%
1997 cohort	39.5%
1998 cohort	38%
1999 cohort	40.3%
2000 cohort	44.7%
2001 cohort	43.6%
2002 cohort	41%
2003 cohort	40.9%
2004 cohort	42.3%
2005 cohort	40.1%
2006 cohort	40.8%
2007 cohort	42%
2008 cohort	44.7%
2009 cohort	45%
2010 cohort	41.7%
2011 cohort	41.2%
2012 cohort	41.1%
2013 cohort	43.4%
2014 cohort	45.7%
2015 cohort	49.4%
2016 cohort	50.1%
2017 cohort	53.3%
2018 cohort	53.5%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$9,915	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$10,609	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$11,000	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$11,750	$2,750
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$11,841	$2,885
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$11,260	$2,876
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$11,947	$3,063
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$11,788	$3,427
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$10,945	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$11,988	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$14,375	$5,250
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$14,768	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$16,105	$6,250
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$17,500	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$19,370	$6,181
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$19,478	$6,101
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$19,819	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$20,250	$7,094
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$20,738	$7,725
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$20,901	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$21,500	$9,394
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$21,500	$9,216
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$21,000	$9,000
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$20,346	$8,315

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$36,670

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$42,426

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$45,938

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

University of Central Arkansas admitted 6,299 of 7,039 applicants in Fall 2024. The 89.5% rate describes that application pool.

89.5%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $10,118 in-state tuition · 2023–24 7,762 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 910–11701600

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Admissions

University of Central Arkansas reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For University of Central Arkansas’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 480–590 and Math was 430–580 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 910–1170 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	480	520	590
SAT Math	430	520	580
ACT Composite	19	22	25

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

In the Fall 2024 cycle, University of Central Arkansas received 7,039 applications and admitted 6,299 (89.5%), with 2,182 enrolling.

Acceptance rate

89.5%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	66.8%
Fall 2002	67.8%
Fall 2003	70.4%
Fall 2004	68.4%
Fall 2005	68%
Fall 2006	54.9%
Fall 2007	54.2%
Fall 2008	48.6%
Fall 2009	58%
Fall 2010	94.1%
Fall 2011	90.9%
Fall 2012	92.9%
Fall 2013	90%
Fall 2014	94.3%
Fall 2015	92.2%
Fall 2016	89.8%
Fall 2017	90%
Fall 2018	91.1%
Fall 2019	90.4%
Fall 2020	93.8%
Fall 2021	92.4%
Fall 2022	91.2%
Fall 2023	90.5%
Fall 2024	89.5%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

910–1170Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2004	880	1250
Fall 2005	900	1170
Fall 2006	910	1130
Fall 2014	880	1130
Fall 2015	890	1110
Fall 2016	870	1060
Fall 2017	970	1135
Fall 2018	970	1170
Fall 2019	960	1160
Fall 2020	950	1150
Fall 2021	980	1160
Fall 2022	940	1130
Fall 2023	940	1120
Fall 2024	910	1170

IPEDS Fall 2004–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

19–25Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	19	26
Fall 2002	20	27
Fall 2003	20	26
Fall 2004	20	26
Fall 2005	20	27
Fall 2006	19	27
Fall 2007	20	27
Fall 2008	20	27
Fall 2009	20	28
Fall 2010	20	27
Fall 2011	20	26
Fall 2012	20	26
Fall 2013	20	26
Fall 2014	19	26
Fall 2015	20	26
Fall 2016	20	27
Fall 2017	21	27
Fall 2018	21	27
Fall 2019	21	27
Fall 2020	20	27
Fall 2021	19	26
Fall 2022	19	25
Fall 2023	19	25
Fall 2024	19	25

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

7,762Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at University of Central Arkansas has wandered from Fall 2002 to Fall 2024 — up to 10,137 at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 7,762.

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	7,638
Fall 2003	8,580
Fall 2004	9,029
Fall 2005	9,909
Fall 2006	10,137
Fall 2007	9,921
Fall 2008	9,670
Fall 2009	9,224
Fall 2010	9,064
Fall 2011	8,956
Fall 2012	9,028
Fall 2013	9,261
Fall 2014	9,232
Fall 2015	9,340
Fall 2016	9,082
Fall 2017	9,034
Fall 2018	8,906
Fall 2019	8,557
Fall 2020	8,237
Fall 2021	7,763
Fall 2022	7,563
Fall 2023	7,426
Fall 2024	7,762

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

73%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at University of Central Arkansas has held near 73% from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	70%
Fall 2003 cohort	70%
Fall 2004 cohort	72%
Fall 2005 cohort	71%
Fall 2006 cohort	71%
Fall 2007 cohort	72%
Fall 2008 cohort	71%
Fall 2009 cohort	73%
Fall 2010 cohort	69%
Fall 2011 cohort	70%
Fall 2012 cohort	70%
Fall 2013 cohort	70%
Fall 2014 cohort	72%
Fall 2015 cohort	73%
Fall 2016 cohort	72%
Fall 2017 cohort	74%
Fall 2018 cohort	75%
Fall 2019 cohort	79%
Fall 2020 cohort	71%
Fall 2021 cohort	74%
Fall 2022 cohort	73%
Fall 2023 cohort	73%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about University of Central Arkansas

Faculty pay at University of Central Arkansas averages $89,988 a year, annualized from reported monthly pay. Carnegie classes University of Central Arkansas as a primarily residential campus of 7,762 undergraduates — and 73.3% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

University of Central Arkansas's SAT section-percentile sums are 910–1170 — their midpoint is below the AR four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on University of Central Arkansas's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How University of Central Arkansas compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

University of Central Arkansas89.5%

Arkansas median70.5%

National median76.8%

Tuition (in-state)

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

University of Central Arkansas$10,523

Arkansas median$13,467

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

University of Central Arkansas's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

University of Central Arkansas$45,938

Arkansas median$44,308

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

University of Central Arkansas, Arkansas and national reference values
Metric & basis	University of Central Arkansas	Arkansas median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	89.5%	70.5%	76.8%
Tuition (in-state)Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$10,523	$13,467	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$45,938	$44,308	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For University of Central Arkansas, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

University of Central Arkansas federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 37 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$76,783
Computer and Information Sciences, General	$75,893
Management Information Systems and Services	$74,094
Accounting and Related Services	$72,684
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	$66,499
Mathematics	$63,239
Business/Commerce, General	$59,641
Finance and Financial Management Services	$58,941
Marketing	$57,940
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$57,826
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	$55,316
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other	$54,517
Chemistry	$53,755
Political Science and Government	$51,475
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	$51,322
Design and Applied Arts	$51,050
Biology, General	$50,742
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	$50,557
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	$49,129
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	$49,113
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	$48,556
Criminology	$47,387
Music	$46,446
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$46,295
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	$45,649
English Language and Literature, General	$44,809
Special Education and Teaching	$43,536
Psychology, General	$43,363
Journalism	$43,189
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	$42,493
Fine and Studio Arts	$41,853
History	$41,043
Sociology	$40,873
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	$38,631
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	$37,484
Communication and Media Studies	$36,336
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	$32,267

These 37 fields listed for University of Central Arkansas measure earnings after completion. The $45,938 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 23 additional University of Central Arkansas fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does University of Central Arkansas report?

University of Central Arkansas's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 910–1170 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is University of Central Arkansas's acceptance rate?

89.5% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 6,299 admitted from 7,039 applicants.

How much does University of Central Arkansas cost?

In-state tuition is $10,523; out-of-state students pay $18,023. Fees, housing and aid move the real total in both directions.

What earnings data does University of Central Arkansas report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $45,938. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Arkansas

Arkansas Tech University — 95.9% admitted
University of Arkansas Community College-Morrilton — 100% admitted
Central Baptist College — 63.5% admitted
Crowley's Ridge College

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.