University of Arkansas's admit rate has fallen 16.3 percentage points across the 24 reported years on file.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 73.9% | 6,956 | 70.9% | 85.9% | 1,110 |
| 2024-2025 | 74.3% | 6,015 | 70.5% | 86.4% | 1,130 |
| 2023-2024 | 71.7% | 6,336 | — | — | — |
| 2022-2023 | 78.9% | 7,096 | 69.2% | 85.6% | 1,120 |
| 2021-2022 | 82.7% | 6,063 | 69.7% | 87.1% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Admit rate has tightened 8.8 percentage points over 5 reporting cycles.
University of Arkansas's admit rate fell from 82.7% (2021-2022) to 73.9% (2025-2026) — a 8.8 pp drop. Year-over-year: 82.7 → 78.9 → 71.7 → 74.3 → 73.9. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools University of Arkansas applicants most commonly also apply to range from 43.6% admit to 96.6% admit — a 53.0 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 15 percentage points.
University of Arkansas's 70.9% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 14.6 pp.
Broadly accessible — admit rate near the national norm.
University of Arkansas's 73.9% admit rate is in line with the national 4-year-institution median of 76.6% (per IPEDS, n=1437 institutions). Most U.S. four-year colleges admit between 61.2% and 88.3% of applicants.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
Compare every CDS field — admissions, aid, outcomes — side by side.
Open in CollegeNumbers compareThe Common Data Set is a standardized reporting form U.S. colleges file annually — sections A through J covering admissions selectivity, enrollment, aid, faculty resources, and outcomes. CollegeNumbers extracts every value directly from each school's officially published CDS PDF, xlsx, docx, or HTML, then normalizes into a unified schema.
Federal data layers — College Scorecard, EADA athletics, Clery campus safety, FSA financial responsibility — are joined on top. Every value traces back to its primary source. All covered schools →