Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse (15% of graduates). 13 students for every faculty member, fewer than at 50% of colleges. 100% of faculty are full-time. Spends $9,265 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
919 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 39% of graduates; 49 programs in 21 fields awarded at least one.
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.380115% 139Graduates in this field earn $88,617 4 years out
- Criminal Justice/Safety Studies 43.01048.2% 75Graduates in this field earn $43,990 4 years out
- Social Work 44.07015.9% 54Graduates in this field earn $49,594 4 years out
- Business Administration and Management, General 52.02015.4% 50Graduates in this field earn $51,384 4 years out
- Accounting 52.03014.7% 43Graduates in this field earn $70,007 4 years out
Fastest-growing field: Public administration and social work, 2.5% → 5.9% of graduates since 2014–15 (54 graduates in 2024–25).
Source:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2014–15 to 2024–25About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)
Bachelor's degrees awarded July through June, by federal program name (), which can differ from what the college calls a major. A double major counts once, under the ; its other field is a . Earnings are College Scorecard's median for graduates of the program's broader field (), 4 years after completion; see Top-earning majors below.
Top-earning majors here
By earnings 4 years after completion
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$88,617 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $78,898
4 years after completion$88,617National median: $88,910About typical4 years out, Pell: $78,031 · Non-Pell: $85,483(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $20,000 · 345 graduates, two most recent years combined
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician$86,132 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $71,845
4 years after completion$86,132National median: $93,843Below typicalMedian federal debt: $21,000 · 37 graduates, two most recent years combined
Finance and Financial Management Services$71,526 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $60,521
4 years after completion$71,526National median: $83,343Below typical4 years out, Pell: $49,403 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $15,076 · 33 graduates, two most recent years combined
Computer and Information Sciences, General$70,696 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $54,817
4 years after completion$70,696National median: $92,374Below typicalMedian federal debt: $19,000 · 58 graduates, two most recent years combined
Accounting and Related Services$70,007 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $58,845
4 years after completion$70,007National median: $76,194Below typical4 years out, Pell: $60,115 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $20,486 · 109 graduates, two most recent years combined
Bachelor's programs only, among graduates who received federal financial aid and were working (not enrolled in school) in the measurement year.
Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.
Programs & curriculum
- Accelerated program
- Cross-registration
- Distance learning
- Double major
- Dual enrollment
- English as a Second Language
- Honors program
- Independent study
- Internships
- Student-designed major
- Teacher certification
- Weekend college
- Study abroad
Requires coursework in arts, English composition, a foreign language, history, humanities, math, a natural science, and social science.
$75,216
9-month equated, all ranks combined. Pay tracks local cost of living as much as a college's generosity.
Spending and endowment
Fiscal 2023–24. Compared only against other public colleges: public and private colleges report finances on different accounting forms that aren't comparable. Many public universities' endowments sit mostly in a separate foundation this survey doesn't count, so this likely understates what's actually available.
Sources:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard Field of Study data, most recent release;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Salaries survey (SAL, instructional staff, all ranks), Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;IPEDS Finance survey, derived per-student figures, 2023–24;University of Arkansas at Little Rock Common Data Set 2022–23, 2022–23;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)
