by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at University of Arkansas, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. UARK is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Southeastern Conference.
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The UARK men’s football team fields 127 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 381. The most recent cohort included 471 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 14 varsity sports UARK sponsors, football ranks #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program is staffed by 15 coaches — 1 head coach and 14 assistants. Staffing-wise, 11 are full-time and 4 part-time. At the helm is Ryan Silverfield.
Among the school’s 14 sports, football ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UARK men’s football program brought in $90,791,403 in revenue against $57,370,871 in expenses, netting $33,420,532. This comes to about $64,621 in operating expense per athlete, or $8,206,839 per team.
Among the school’s 14 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 46% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 983 (962 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 84%. It retained 95% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 992, football sits below average at 983.
When UARK places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.