University of Central Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas · Public · Predominantly bachelor's · City: Small

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The average annual net price for first-time, full-time undergraduates receiving federal aid (in-state) is $16,423. 54% of first-time, full-time students completed within 150% of normal time. Students who received federal aid had median earnings of $49,756 ten years after entering. The median federal loan debt of graduates is $19,500.

Average net price
$16,423
per year Verified data
Completion rate
54%
within 150% of normal time Verified data
Median earnings
$49,756
10 years after entry Verified data
Median debt
$19,500
graduates, federal loans Verified data

Cost and net price

In-state tuition and fees$10,940
Out-of-state tuition and fees$18,746
Average cost of attendance$27,784
Books and supplies$1,220
Room and board, on campus$9,566
Average net price, all aided students$16,423
Average net price, family income $0 to $30,000$14,394
Average net price, family income over $110,000$23,158

Net price is the average cost after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time undergraduates who receive federal aid, at in-state rates. Your price depends on your family finances; use the school's net price calculator for an estimate. Tuition: AcadYr 2025-26, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Net price and cost of attendance: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.

Admissions and enrollment

Admission rate
89%
SAT range, middle 50% (reading plus math)
910 to 1170
ACT composite range, middle 50%
19 to 25
Undergraduate enrollment
7,762
Graduate enrollment
1,844
Students receiving Pell grants
46%
Student to faculty ratio
15 to 1

Admission rate and enrollment: Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25. SAT and ACT ranges come from IPEDS and may not reflect test-optional policies.

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Graduation, earnings, and debt

Completion within 150% of normal time54%
Completion within normal time41%
First-year retention (full-time)73%
Median federal debt, graduates$19,500
Typical monthly payment on that debt (10 years)$222
Median Parent PLUS debt, completers$17,467
Share earning more than a typical high school graduate, 6 years after entry64%
1 year after completion$42,153
4 years after completion$52,203
6 years after entry$42,481
8 years after entry$45,478
10 years after entry$49,756
Median earnings of former students who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled. Ten years after entry the median is $49,756; the middle half earned $32,905 to $72,190. Cohorts differ by measure; see definitions below.
Measure definitions and cohorts
  • Median earnings of students working and not enrolled 10 years after entry (MD_EARN_WNE_P10): Treasury AY2011-12, AY2012-13 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 1 year after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_1YR): Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 4 years after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_4YR): Treasury AY2017-18, AY2018-19 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • The median debt for students who have completed (GRAD_DEBT_MDN): NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
  • Completion rate for first-time, full-time students at four-year institutions (150% of expected time to completion) (C150_4): Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
  • Average net price for Title IV institutions (public institutions) (NPT4_PUB): AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

Institution-level earnings cover students who received federal financial aid, including students who did not complete. Debt figures include federal loans only and exclude private loans.

Programs and program-level outcomes

Highest early earnings among programs at University of Central Arkansas

Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled one year after completing, by program. Programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy and not shown.

114 programs reported. Program earnings are for graduates of this school's program, which is different from the wages of everyone working in a related occupation.

Undergraduate certificate (5)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Design and Applied Arts
CIP 50.04 · No credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Finance and Financial Management Services
CIP 52.08 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
CIP 52.13 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.15 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Associate's degree (1)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
CIP 24.01 · No credentials fully online
28Suppressed for privacy$13,550
Bachelor's degree (60)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · No credentials fully online
32$49,021$21,243
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · No credentials fully online
13$66,925Suppressed for privacy
Anthropology
CIP 45.02 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biological and Physical Sciences
CIP 30.01 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
87$30,909$20,500
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · No credentials fully online
16$48,272$14,997
Business/Commerce, General
CIP 52.01 · No credentials fully online
100$43,020$17,750
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
CIP 51.10 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
CIP 51.02 · No credentials fully online
38$25,058$19,835
Communication and Media Studies
CIP 09.01 · No credentials fully online
9$39,373Suppressed for privacy
Computer Engineering
CIP 14.09 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer and Information Sciences, General
CIP 11.01 · No credentials fully online
58$63,159$18,041
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
CIP 11.10 · No credentials fully online
15$61,887$19,500
Criminology
CIP 45.04 · No credentials fully online
34$42,563$21,562
Data Science
CIP 30.70 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Design and Applied Arts
CIP 50.04 · No credentials fully online
19$36,835$23,781
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
CIP 51.31 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
CIP 50.05 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Economics
CIP 45.06 · Some credentials fully online
10Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Engineering Physics
CIP 14.12 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
30$39,758$20,250
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
CIP 52.07 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
CIP 05.02
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General
CIP 19.01 · All credentials fully online
49$31,658$25,523
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
CIP 50.06 · No credentials fully online
28$25,352$24,000
Finance and Financial Management Services
CIP 52.08 · No credentials fully online
48$44,179$17,664
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
33$39,138$24,260
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services
CIP 19.05 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geography and Cartography
CIP 45.07 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other
CIP 51.99 · No credentials fully online
22$40,328$23,757
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
20$33,106$12,000
Insurance
CIP 52.17 · No credentials fully online
10$51,001Suppressed for privacy
International/Globalization Studies
CIP 30.20 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Journalism
CIP 09.04 · No credentials fully online
21$43,337$25,525
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
CIP 24.01 · No credentials fully online
42$38,257$32,608
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
CIP 16.01 · No credentials fully online
17Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Management Information Systems and Services
CIP 52.12 · No credentials fully online
27$50,018$31,000
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
CIP 52.13 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Marketing
CIP 52.14 · All credentials fully online
46$48,109$19,500
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
15Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.15 · No credentials fully online
55$34,087$26,204
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
CIP 30.99
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
15$35,612Suppressed for privacy
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
CIP 03.01 · No credentials fully online
20$39,588Suppressed for privacy
Nutrition Sciences
CIP 30.19 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Philosophy
CIP 38.01 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Physics
CIP 40.08 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10 · No credentials fully online
22$42,536$22,250
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · No credentials fully online
124$31,629$20,500
Public Administration
CIP 44.04 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
CIP 09.09 · No credentials fully online
21$42,040Suppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · No credentials fully online
121$72,654$20,331
Religion/Religious Studies
CIP 38.02 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · No credentials fully online
15$28,248$22,499
Sociology
CIP 45.11 · No credentials fully online
9$39,455$25,283
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · No credentials fully online
103$35,673$21,450
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online
63$41,191$19,564
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
43$44,940$27,000
Master's degree (31)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · No credentials fully online
13Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Applied Mathematics
CIP 27.03 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · All credentials fully online
75$73,797Suppressed for privacy
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
CIP 42.28 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
CIP 51.02 · No credentials fully online
35$60,641Suppressed for privacy
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · No credentials fully online
10Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
CIP 51.31
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Education, General
CIP 13.01 · No credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Educational/Instructional Media Design
CIP 13.05 · All credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General
CIP 19.01 · All credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
CIP 50.06 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services
CIP 19.05 · All credentials fully online
29$47,263Suppressed for privacy
Geography and Cartography
CIP 45.07 · All credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Library Science, Other
CIP 25.99 · No credentials fully online
38$52,742Suppressed for privacy
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
CIP 52.13 · All credentials fully online
17Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.15 · No credentials fully online
34$52,422Suppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · No credentials fully online
5$98,504Suppressed for privacy
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.09 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · All credentials fully online
15$46,186Suppressed for privacy
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · No credentials fully online
25$47,719Suppressed for privacy
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
CIP 13.11 · No credentials fully online
39$49,459Suppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · All credentials fully online
67$46,666Suppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
38$50,328Suppressed for privacy
Graduate certificate (11)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
CIP 42.28 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · No credentials fully online
25Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
CIP 13.06 · All credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Educational/Instructional Media Design
CIP 13.05 · All credentials fully online
50Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geography and Cartography
CIP 45.07 · All credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
CIP 52.13 · No credentials fully online
33Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.09 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · All credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · All credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Doctoral degree (4)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
CIP 42.28 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
CIP 30.99 · All credentials fully online
13Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
CIP 51.23 · No credentials fully online
4$72,183Suppressed for privacy
Professional degree (JD, MD, and similar) (2)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
CIP 51.23 · No credentials fully online
104Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Field of Study Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.
UNITID 106704, OPEID 001092. Data unavailable means the Department of Education did not publish the figure or suppressed it for privacy. Report a data issue.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Institution-Level Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.