by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, University of Arkansas took the #165 spot. So, the school sits firmly among the Top 15% of colleges and universities in the nation when it comes to overall quality. As a result, UARK is a recipient of this year's Best Master's Schools badge.
In addition, UARK took the #1 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and UARK took the #248 spot on the list.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Arkansas, UARK came in at #2.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 51.9% of the total graduate students at UARK are women and 48.1% are men.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 18.4% of the graduate student population at UARK. UARK is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 14.8% of the graduate student population. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,875 | $21,420 |
| Fees | $1,143 | $1,143 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at UARK is $62,034. That's about 6% higher than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
Doctorate degree recipients from UARK earn an average salary of $79,813 during the early years of their career. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 6% higher than the national average of $75,260.
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Contact details for UARK are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1125 W Maple St, Administration Bldg 425, Fayetteville, AR 72701 |
| Phone: | 479-575-2000 |
| Website: | https://www.uark.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/UofArkansas |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/uarkansas |
In 2020-2021, 41.8% of the graduate students at University of Arkansas took at least one class online. For that same period, 35.6% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
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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