For 2023-2024 admission, the average acceptance rate of Arkansas colleges is 73.00%, 56,174 accepted out of 76,953 applicants.

For Arkansas college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 5,951 (8.38%) compared to last year, from 71,002 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 253, which is more than 1.53% last year.

Arkansas colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 1.41% compared to last year, which means harder to get into Arkansas colleges. The yield decreased by 1.41%.

Among Arkansas colleges, Central Baptist College has the lowest acceptance rate of 46.03% with 139 accepted students out of 302 applicants. University of Arkansas has the most number of applicants of 28,186 and University of Arkansas has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 6,291.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Arkansas Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Arkansas. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Last Update: July 3, 2024 | Data source: IPEDS
Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Arkansas Colleges
SchoolApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
Central Baptist College302
33
139
-33
10346.03%
-17.91%
74.10%
14.22%
Ecclesia College120
-27
58
-23
34
-1
48.33%
-6.77%
58.62%
15.41%
Hendrix College2,616
-113
1,386
-259
277
-86
52.98%
-7.30%
19.99%
-2.08%
University of Arkansas at Little Rock3,661
93
2,123
-70
488
-61
57.99%
-3.47%
22.99%
-2.04%
University of the Ozarks1,916
-241
1,111
-185
189
-40
57.99%
-2.09%
17.01%
-0.66%
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff3,792
-391
2,199
-701
418
-157
57.99%
-11.34%
19.01%
-0.82%
Williams Baptist University1,014
63
598
34
126
-18
58.97%
-0.34%
21.07%
-4.46%
Lyon College2,522
1,140
1,665
838
233
87
66.02%
6.18%
13.99%
-3.66%
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus2,936
20
1,967
112
806
99
67.00%
3.39%
40.98%
2.87%
John Brown University1,545
55
1,051
207
389
83
68.03%
11.39%
37.01%
0.75%
Ouachita Baptist University2,138
75
1,475
-17
472
27
68.99%
-3.33%
32.00%
2.17%
Arkansas State University8,019
1,974
5,613
1,411
1,684
359
70.00%
0.49%
30.00%
-1.53%
University of Arkansas28,186
1,967
20,294
-401
6,291
-808
72.00%
-6.93%
31.00%
-3.30%
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith2,6772,16888980.99%41.01%
Henderson State University1,814
-531
1,487
-170
312
-101
81.97%
11.31%
20.98%
-3.94%
University of Central Arkansas6,589
67
5,930
-19
1,720
-83
90.00%
-1.21%
29.01%
-1.30%
Arkansas Tech University4,904
-858
4,708
-731
1,459
7
96.00%
1.61%
30.99%
4.29%
University of Arkansas Community College-Morrilton930
-61
930
-61
484
5
100.00%52.04%
3.71%
Harding University2,202
-52
2,202
1,185
859
57
100.00%
54.88%
39.01%
-39.85%
Baptist Health College Little Rock15
1
15
3
9
5
100.00%
14.29%
60.00%
26.67%