Graduate Programs at University of Arkansas

Graduate School Overview

University of Arkansas (referred to as Arkansas) is a Public, 4 years school located in Fayetteville, AR.

The school is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1924 - Current[Estimated Date]).

Arkansas Directory Information
School Name	University of Arkansas (Arkansas)
Address	Administration Bldg 425, Fayetteville, AR 72701
Phone	479-575-2000
Web	https://www.uark.edu
Online Application	https://admissions.uark.edu/apply
Financial Info	https://finaid.uark.edu

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of Arkansas is $12,160 for Arkansas residents and $30,220 for out-of-state students. The school has 4,667 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 30,936 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 256 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 29 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$30,220 $12,160 for Arkansas Residents
Student Population	4,667
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	256 graduate programs (29 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	20 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Arkansas is $12,160 for Arkansas residents and $30,220 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $438 for Arkansas residents and $1,190 for out-of-state students.

Arkansas offers the alternative tuition plans.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Arkansas Residents	$12,160
Out-of-State	$30,220
Tuition per Credit Hour
Arkansas Residents	$438
Out-of-State	$1,190

Arkansas offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	29 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of University of Arkansas is $12,160 for Arkansas residents and $30,220 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 33.65% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Arkansas Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$7,563	$1,049	$20,477	$1,049
2019-2020	$7,752	$1,089	$21,032	$1,089
2020-2021	$7,752	$1,089	$21,032	$1,089
2021-2022	$7,875	$1,143	$21,420	$1,143
2022-2023	$7,875	$1,191	$21,420	$1,191
2023-2024	$10,500	$1,660	$28,560	$1,660

The graduate school tuition & fees of Arkansas is very expensive compared to public graduate schools in Arkansas. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Arkansas graduate tuition is $13,933 (public) / $15,602 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
University of Arkansas	$12,160	$30,220
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Arkansas Graduate Schools	$11,529	$14,529
Public	$8,195	$13,933
Private	$15,602

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $19,106 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Arkansas.

On-campus living costs are increased by 8.90% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $19,106. Off-campus living costs are increased by 8.90% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$11,020	$4,304	$11,020	$4,304
2019-2020	$11,330	$4,330	$11,330	$4,330
2020-2021	$11,330	$4,362	$11,330	$4,362
2021-2022	$11,942	$4,362	$11,942	$4,362
2022-2023	$12,368	$5,176	$12,368	$5,176
2023-2024	$13,290	$5,816	$13,290	$5,816

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $587 for Arkansas residents and $1,590 for other students at University of Arkansas. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 33.61% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Arkansas Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$420	$1,138
2019-2020	$431	$1,168
2020-2021	$431	$1,168
2021-2022	$438	$1,190
2022-2023	$438	$1,190
2023-2024	$587	$1,590

The law school tuition at University of Arkansas is $17,498 for Arkansas residents and $38,924 for out-of-state students for academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the tuition & fees for law school at Arkansas.

Law School Tuition

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at University of Arkansas
	Arkansas Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
Law	$15,212	$2,286	$36,638	$2,286

Graduate Programs at Arkansas

University of Arkansas offers 163 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 1,959 students have completed their study at University of Arkansas.

Offered Degrees at University of Arkansas
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	90	11	1,188
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	39	3	246
Doctor's degree - other	3	1	118
Post Bachelor's Degree	23	6	391
Post Master's Degree	8	4	16
Total	163	25	1,959

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at University of Arkansas by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Engineering/Industrial Management program with 184 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Engineering/Industrial Management program with 200 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Law program with 108 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at University of Arkansas
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Engineering/Industrial Management	✔	184	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✔	100	-
Management Science	✔	37	-
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	✔	12	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✔	10	-

Popular Master's Programs at University of Arkansas
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Engineering/Industrial Management	✔	200	$67,300
Business Administration and Management	✕	110	$95,000
Accounting	✕	64	$58,200
Engineering	✕	51	-
Management Science	✕	43	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at University of Arkansas
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Law	✕	108	-
Engineering	✕	54	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	14	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	13	-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	✕	11	-

University of Arkansas offers 163 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 1,959 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,188 students have earned/completed Master's program.
118 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
391 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
16 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✔ (1 completers)	58 completers	-
Agricultural Economics	✕	17	-
Agricultural Production Operations	✔	10	-
Animal Sciences	✕	2	-
Poultry Science	✕	4	-
Food Science	✕	6	-
Agronomy and Crop Science	✕	12	-
Horticultural Science	✕	7	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	-	-
Environmental Science	✕	-	-
Architecture [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Architecture	✕	2	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	11	-
Journalism	✕	9	-
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	✕	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	10	-
Education [+]	✔ (6 completers)	247 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	1	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	31	$36,600
Adult and Continuing Education Administration	✔	11	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	14	-
Community College Education	✔	6	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	10	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	19	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	32	$40,400
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching	✔	20	$42,700
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	33	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	✕	24	-
Agricultural Teacher Education	✕	11	-
Art Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	✕	2	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	✕	30	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✔	3	-
Engineering [+]	✕	122 completers	-
Engineering	✕	51	-
Agricultural Engineering	✕	3	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	6	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	6	-
Civil Engineering	✕	11	-
Computer Engineering	✕	6	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	20	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	-	-
Materials Engineering	✕	-	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	9	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	10	-
Operations Research	✕	-	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	200 completers	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	✔	200	$67,300
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Comparative Literature	✕	2	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	3	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other)	✕	4	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	✕	10	-
Legal Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	6 completers	-
Legal Professions and Studies (other)	✔	6	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	24 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	15	-
Creative Writing	✕	9	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	3	-
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology	✕	-	-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	✕	7	-
Entomology	✕	1	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	2	-
Statistics	✕	5	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	33 completers	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	✕	24	$40,600
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	9	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	5	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Planetary Astronomy and Science	✕	-	-
Chemistry	✕	1	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	5	-
Physics	✕	4	-
Materials Science	✕	1	-
Materials Chemistry	✕	6	-
Psychology [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Psychology	✕	7	-
Human Services [+]	✕	50 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	9	-
Social Work	✕	41	$42,700
Public Administration and Social Service Professions (other)	✕	-	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	43 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	5	-
Economics	✕	4	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	14	-
Geography	✕	3	-
Political Science and Government	✕	6	-
Sociology	✕	11	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	-	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	12	-
Music Performance	✕	13	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	47 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	22	-
Athletic Training/Trainer	✕	17	-
Public Health Education and Promotion	✕	4	-
Medical Informatics	✕	-	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✔	4	-
Business [+]	✔ (1 completers)	233 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	110	$95,000
Accounting	✕	64	$58,200
Finance	✕	16	-
Management Science	✕	43	-
Marketing/Marketing Management	✕	-	-
Construction Management	✔	-	-
History [+]	✕	2 completers	-
History	✕	2	-
	Total	1,188

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Animal Sciences	✕	1	-
Poultry Science	✕	5	-
Food Science	✕	4	-
Plant Sciences	✕	1	-
Agronomy and Crop Science	✕	3	-
Education [+]	✔ (3 completers)	60 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	13	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	9	-
Adult and Continuing Education Administration	✔	9	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	14	-
Educational Statistics and Research Methods	✕	2	-
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	✕	3	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	5	-
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching	✔	5	-
Engineering [+]	✕	55 completers	-
Engineering	✕	54	-
Materials Engineering	✕	1	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Comparative Literature	✕	8	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	4 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	4	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	4	-
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology	✕	1	-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	✕	11	-
Entomology	✕	5	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	6	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	✕	-	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	-	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	2	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	42 completers	-
Planetary Astronomy and Science	✕	1	-
Chemistry	✕	11	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	5	-
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (other)	✕	8	-
Physics	✕	9	-
Materials Chemistry	✕	8	-
Psychology [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Psychology	✕	6	-
Human Services [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Public Policy Analysis	✕	5	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	1	-
Economics	✕	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Health and Wellness	✕	7	-
Public Health Education and Promotion	✕	2	-
Business [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	8	-
History [+]	✕	2 completers	-
History	✕	2	-
	Total	246

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies [+]	✕	108 completers	-
Law	✕	108	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	10 completers	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	-	-
Nursing Practice	✔	10	-
	Total	118

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔ (2 completers)	123 completers	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	4	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	9	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	10	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✔	100	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	184 completers	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	✔	184	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Legal Professions and Studies (other)	✕	9	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Statistics	✕	2	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Music Performance	✕	4	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Medical Informatics	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✕	39 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	2	-
Management Science	✕	37	-
	Total	391

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	9 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	3	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	1	-
Educational Statistics and Research Methods	✕	5	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	7	-
	Total	16

Graduate Student Population at Arkansas

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 4,667 students enrolled into University of Arkansas graduate schools where it has total 30,936 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 1,768 full-time and 2,899 part-time graduate students. By gender, 2,088 male and 2,579 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,667	2,088	2,579
Full-time	1,768	718	1,050
Part-tme	2,899	1,370	1,529

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 2,785 White (59.67%), 276 Black/African American (5.91%), 355 Hispanic (7.61%), 120 Asian (2.57%), and 1,131 students with other races. 737 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,667	2,088	2,579
American Indian/Native American	43	19	24
Asian	120	55	65
Black/African American	276	127	149
Hispanic	355	143	212
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	1	1
White	2,785	1,152	1,633
Two More	147	57	90
Un-Known	202	110	92
Non-resident Alien	737	424	313

University of Arkansas offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,645 graduate students (35.25% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 324 graduate students (6.94% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	4,667
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,645
Enrolled Some Online Courses	324
Not in Online Courses	2,698

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of Arkansas. 1,421 students are aged 20 to 24 (30.45% of total students), 1 students are aged below 20 (0.02%), 219 students are aged above 50 (4.69%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of Arkansas.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,667	2,088	2,579
Age 18-19	1	0	1
Age 20-21	103	28	75
Age 22-24	1,318	530	788
Age 25-29	1,271	662	609
Age 30-34	776	413	363
Age 35-39	461	194	267
Age 40-49	518	199	319
Age 50-64	197	52	145
Over 64	22	10	12

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