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Most Favored Arkansas Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Arkansas. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.
Harding University, has the highest yield rate of 78.86% for academic year 2022-2023 in Arkansas. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is positioned second with 38.11% yield and John Brown University follows them with 36%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Arkansas.
Most Favored Arkansas Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Harding University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSearcy, AR
78.86% 2,254 1,017 802 45.12%
2Southern Arkansas University Main Campus
Public, four-yearsMagnolia, AR
38.11% 2,916 1,855 707 63.61%
3John Brown University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSiloam Springs, AR
36.26% 1,490 844 306 56.64%
4University of Arkansas
Public, four-yearsFayetteville, AR
34.30% 26,219 20,695 7,099 78.93%
5Arkansas State University
Public, four-yearsJonesboro, AR
31.53% 6,045 4,202 1,325 69.51%
6University of Central Arkansas
Public, four-yearsConway, AR
30.31% 6,522 5,949 1,803 91.21%
7Ouachita Baptist University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsArkadelphia, AR
29.83% 2,063 1,492 445 72.32%
8Arkansas Tech University
Public, four-yearsRussellville, AR
26.70% 5,762 5,439 1,452 94.39%
9Williams Baptist University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWalnut Ridge, AR
25.53% 951 564 144 59.31%
10University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Public, four-yearsLittle Rock, AR
25.03% 3,568 2,193 549 61.46%