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Tightest Arkansas Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The following 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. University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff has the lowest acceptance rate as of 41.18% for academic year 2023-2024 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 (2023-2024)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Public, four-yearsPine Bluff, AR
41.18%6,6252,72841115.07%
2Hendrix College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsConway, AR
55.65%3,1611,75931818.08%
3University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Public, four-yearsLittle Rock, AR
58.78%4,3352,54855621.82%
4University of the Ozarks
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClarksville, AR
59.51%2,2301,32720815.67%
5Lyon College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBatesville, AR
62.76%1,6541,03823422.54%
6Central Baptist College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsConway, AR
63.46%26016510966.06%
7Ouachita Baptist University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsArkadelphia, AR
67.52%2,1551,45542128.93%
8Harding University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSearcy, AR
70.52%2,7141,91485444.62%
9University of Arkansas
Public, four-yearsFayetteville, AR
74.30%30,55522,7036,61829.15%
10Southern Arkansas University Main Campus
Public, four-yearsMagnolia, AR
75.33%2,7082,04070934.75%