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Arkansas acceptance rate

University of Arkansas · Fayetteville, Arkansas · Public · 28,677 undergraduates

74.3%
accepted, fall 2024
30,555
applications
22,703
offers of admission
6,618
enrolled (29% of those admitted)

Arkansas expanded its offers faster than its applicant pool grew, so the rate climbed 12 points between 2014 and 2024, to 74%. Women applying for fall 2024 had better odds than men: 77% were admitted, against 71% of men. University of North Texas is the hardest to get into among the six schools closest to Arkansas in size and selectivity (72%); University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is the easiest (80%).

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%25%50%75%100%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 90%2002 86%2003 85%2004 78%2005 87%2006 68%2007 62%2008 58%2009 56%2010 60%2011 61%2012 63%2013 59%2014 62%2015 60%2016 63%2017 66%2018 77%2019 77%2020 78%2021 83%2022 79%2023 72%2024 74%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202430,55522,70374.3%6,618
202328,18620,20271.7%6,337
202226,21920,69578.9%7,099
202121,46217,74382.7%6,065
202019,77715,36177.7%4,726
201917,91313,80977.1%4,605
201818,73214,51277.5%5,008
201721,71514,32466.0%5,066
201621,53913,61363.2%4,967
201520,54212,33760.1%4,915
201418,98411,77762.0%4,571
201318,90811,07658.6%4,339
201216,74910,63063.5%4,574
201116,63310,12960.9%4,447
201014,0198,46860.4%3,810
200912,0356,75156.1%2,919
200812,0456,94557.7%3,011
200710,1356,26261.8%2,899
20068,4435,77068.3%2,784
20056,0415,28387.5%2,752
20045,8194,56778.5%2,514
20035,4914,66184.9%2,357
20025,0174,32086.1%2,251
20014,2803,85890.1%2,283

Applications and offers

010k20k30k40k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 4k Admitted: 4k2002 Applied: 5k Admitted: 4k2003 Applied: 5k Admitted: 5k2004 Applied: 6k Admitted: 5k2005 Applied: 6k Admitted: 5k2006 Applied: 8k Admitted: 6k2007 Applied: 10k Admitted: 6k2008 Applied: 12k Admitted: 7k2009 Applied: 12k Admitted: 7k2010 Applied: 14k Admitted: 8k2011 Applied: 17k Admitted: 10k2012 Applied: 17k Admitted: 11k2013 Applied: 19k Admitted: 11k2014 Applied: 19k Admitted: 12k2015 Applied: 21k Admitted: 12k2016 Applied: 22k Admitted: 14k2017 Applied: 22k Admitted: 14k2018 Applied: 19k Admitted: 15k2019 Applied: 18k Admitted: 14k2020 Applied: 20k Admitted: 15k2021 Applied: 21k Admitted: 18k2022 Applied: 26k Admitted: 21k2023 Applied: 28k Admitted: 20k2024 Applied: 31k Admitted: 23k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women17,95713,80476.9%
Men12,5898,89470.6%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Considered if submitted (test-optional)
SAT reading and writing
520 to 620 (middle 50% of enrolled students)
SAT math
510 to 600
ACT composite
21 to 28

Colleges similar to Arkansas

The six public four-year colleges closest to Arkansas in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
LSU
Baton Rouge, LA		73%30,594$19,286$64,338
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK		75%21,773$17,058$60,713
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX		73%32,394$19,890$67,143
University of North Texas
Denton, TX		72%34,341$15,358$59,434
Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL		77%33,227$20,202$66,081
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN		80%31,855$17,330$74,314

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by Arkansas to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Arkansas on College Scorecard