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University of Arkansas at Monticello Data & Information Overview

10 awards Ranking Badges
Fair Price Value for Your Money
10% Student Loan Default Rate
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How Well Is University of Arkansas at Monticello Ranked?

#1,985 Best Colleges in Nation
#29 Best Colleges in AR
Business, Management & Marketing Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

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University of Arkansas at Monticello was awarded 10 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business, management & marketing.

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Overall Quality

UAM is ranked #1,985 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.

UAM also holds the #29 spot on the Best Colleges in Arkansas ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into UAM?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that University of Arkansas at Monticello has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.

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University of Arkansas at Monticello Faculty

12 to 1 Student to Faculty
100% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at UAM it is much better at 12 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at University of Arkansas at Monticello is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  100 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at University of Arkansas at Monticello

69% Freshmen Retention
13% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at University of Arkansas at Monticello is 69%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  69 out of 100
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Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 13% for first-time, full-time students at UAM, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.

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University of Arkansas at Monticello Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,692 Full-Time Undergraduates
42.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
53.4% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,352 undergraduates at UAM with 1,692 being full-time and 660 being part-time.

How Much Does University of Arkansas at Monticello Cost?

$10,451 Net Price
47% Take Out Loans
$22,952 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of UAM is $10,451. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for UAM

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$9,247 $10,374 $12,840 $13,938 $12,464

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UAM, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UAM, approximately 47% of students took out student loans averaging $5,738 a year. That adds up to $22,952 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UAM is 10.4%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

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How Much Money Do UAM Graduates Make?

$33,821 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from UAM with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $33,821 in their early years. Unfortunately, this is 20% less that the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, graduates in your major field may make more.

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Location of University of Arkansas at Monticello

Arkansas State
1,692 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
University of Arkansas at Monticello is a public institution situated in Monticello, Arkansas. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Monticello draws many to the area.

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Contact details for UAM are given below.

Contact Details
Address: Highway 425 South, Monticello, AR 71656
Phone: 870-367-6811
Website: www.uamont.edu/

University of Arkansas at Monticello Majors

34 Majors With Completions
516 Undergraduate Degrees
155 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 34 majors graduated from University of Arkansas at Monticello. Of these students, 516 received undergraduate degrees and 155 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
General Education 46 NA
Business Administration & Management 36 $34,799
Health & Physical Education 33 NA
Nursing 20 $57,480
Forestry 19 NA
Agricultural Economics & Business 16 $34,793
General Biology 16 NA
Accounting 16 NA
Criminal Justice & Corrections 15 $25,881
Management Information Systems 14 $36,486

Learn more about the majors offered at University of Arkansas at Monticello along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at UAM

60% Take At Least One Class Online
20% Take All Classes Online

Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.

In 2020-2021, 1,617 students took at least one online class at University of Arkansas at Monticello. This is an increase from the 1,545 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 1,617 530
2019-2020 1,545 462
2018-2019 1,409 403
2017-2018 1,330 368
2016-2017 1,805 722

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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