by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences was awarded 36 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is clinical/medical laboratory science.
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UAMS was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, this rate is 20 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
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 for Medical Sciences is 90%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 859 undergraduates at UAMS with 639 being full-time and 220 being part-time.
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Contact details for UAMS are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4301 W Markham, Little Rock, AR 72205-7199 |
| Phone: | 501-686-7000 |
| Website: | https://www.uams.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 182 | $67,337 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 157 | $59,134 |
| Medicine | 157 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 118 | $63,598 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 95 | NA |
| Public Health | 48 | NA |
| Dental Support Services | 31 | $58,607 |
| Communication Sciences | 27 | NA |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 26 | NA |
| Biological & Physical Science | 22 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 1,529 students took at least one online class at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. This is an increase from the 1,429 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,529 | 1,017 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,429 | 893 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,216 | 932 |
| 2018-2019 | 817 | 324 |
Learn more about online learning at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
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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