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Tightest Arkansas Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The next table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) Arkansas colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Harding University has the lowest acceptance rate as of 45.12% for academic year 2022-2023 in Arkansas. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).
The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in Arkansas.
Tightest Arkansas Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2022-2023)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Harding University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSearcy, AR
45.12%2,2541,01780278.86%
2John Brown University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSiloam Springs, AR
56.64%1,49084430636.26%
3Williams Baptist University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWalnut Ridge, AR
59.31%95156414425.53%
4Lyon College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBatesville, AR
59.84%1,38282714617.65%
5University of the Ozarks
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClarksville, AR
60.08%2,1571,29622917.67%
6Hendrix College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsConway, AR
60.28%2,7291,64536322.07%
7University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Public, four-yearsLittle Rock, AR
61.46%3,5682,19354925.03%
8Southern Arkansas University Main Campus
Public, four-yearsMagnolia, AR
63.61%2,9161,85570738.11%
9Central Baptist College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsConway, AR
63.94%26917210359.88%
10University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Public, four-yearsPine Bluff, AR
69.33%4,1832,90057519.83%