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Arkansas Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) 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.
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, has the lowest yield rate of 15.07% for academic year 2024-2025 in Arkansas. University of the Ozarks is positioned second with 15.67% yield and Hendrix College follows them with 18%. Next table shows the schools that have low yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the highest yield rates in Arkansas.
Arkansas Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Public, four-yearsPine Bluff, AR
15.07% 6,625 2,728 411 41.18%
2University of the Ozarks
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClarksville, AR
15.67% 2,230 1,327 208 59.51%
3Hendrix College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsConway, AR
18.08% 3,161 1,759 318 55.65%
4Arkansas State University
Public, four-yearsJonesboro, AR
19.54% 12,252 10,078 1,969 82.26%
5University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Public, four-yearsLittle Rock, AR
21.82% 4,335 2,548 556 58.78%
6Lyon College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBatesville, AR
22.54% 1,654 1,038 234 62.76%
7Ouachita Baptist University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsArkadelphia, AR
28.93% 2,155 1,455 421 67.52%
8Williams Baptist University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWalnut Ridge, AR
28.94% 609 508 147 83.42%
9University of Arkansas
Public, four-yearsFayetteville, AR
29.15% 30,555 22,703 6,618 74.30%
10John Brown University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSiloam Springs, AR
30.94% 1,647 1,254 388 76.14%