University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas · Public

Of 76 assessed programs, 74 leave graduates out-earning a typical Arkansas high-school graduate (about $32,489/yr) and 2 fall short. Another 169 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$14,319
$30k to $48k	$14,322
$48k to $75k	$15,934
$75k to $110k	$20,772
$110k and up	$22,470
All families (average)	$18,209

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

76 of 245 programs could be assessed 31% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Arkansas high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$79,770	+$47,281	clears the bar	$21,000	0.4 yrs	405
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$87,717	+$55,228	clears the bar	$21,500	0.4 yrs	351
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$73,153	+$40,664	clears the bar	$20,875	0.5 yrs	342
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$84,911	+$52,422	clears the bar	$19,500	0.4 yrs	269
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$56,969	+$24,480	clears the bar	$19,500	0.8 yrs	226
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$48,006	+$15,517	clears the bar	$22,137	1.4 yrs	203
Engineering-Related Fields	Master's Degree	$116,774	+$84,285	clears the bar	$23,250	0.3 yrs	200
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$54,497	+$22,008	clears the bar	$21,874	1.0 yrs	190
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$84,097	+$51,608	clears the bar	$24,625	0.5 yrs	174
Mechanical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$84,464	+$51,975	clears the bar	$21,750	0.4 yrs	157
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	$58,619	+$26,130	clears the bar	$23,000	0.9 yrs	129
Journalism	Bachelor's Degree	$66,087	+$33,598	clears the bar	$21,500	0.6 yrs	124
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$60,441	+$27,952	clears the bar	$23,574	0.8 yrs	124
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	$51,474	+$18,985	clears the bar	$24,882	1.3 yrs	123
Public Health	Bachelor's Degree	$67,891	+$35,402	clears the bar	$23,000	0.6 yrs	121
Computer Science	Bachelor's Degree	$95,642	+$63,153	clears the bar	$20,726	0.3 yrs	116
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$157,358	+$124,869	clears the bar	$40,962	0.3 yrs	110
Law	First Professional Degree	$88,977	+$56,488	clears the bar	$65,000	1.2 yrs	108
Criminal Justice	Bachelor's Degree	$49,690	+$17,201	clears the bar	$23,086	1.3 yrs	108
Management Science	Bachelor's Degree	$88,067	+$55,578	clears the bar	$22,500	0.4 yrs	105
Agricultural Business and Management	Bachelor's Degree	$65,480	+$32,991	clears the bar	$17,404	0.5 yrs	89
Animal Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$56,136	+$23,647	clears the bar	$21,616	0.9 yrs	88
Apparel and Textiles	Bachelor's Degree	$63,394	+$30,905	clears the bar	$24,775	0.8 yrs	84
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Bachelor's Degree	$62,592	+$30,103	clears the bar	$22,421	0.7 yrs	80
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$52,701	+$20,212	clears the bar	$21,500	1.1 yrs	79
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$43,290	+$10,801	clears the bar	$23,622	2.2 yrs	79
Teacher Education (by level)	Master's Degree	$52,158	+$19,669	clears the bar	$22,926	1.2 yrs	77
Design	Bachelor's Degree	$65,780	+$33,291	clears the bar	$22,750	0.7 yrs	71
Chemical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$93,641	+$61,152	clears the bar	$20,500	0.3 yrs	65
Accounting	Master's Degree	$96,213	+$63,724	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	64
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$64,018	+$31,529	clears the bar	$25,948	0.8 yrs	62
Civil Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$79,929	+$47,440	clears the bar	$25,000	0.5 yrs	62
Industrial Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$98,765	+$66,276	clears the bar	$25,405	0.4 yrs	61
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	$55,467	+$22,978	clears the bar	$22,570	1.0 yrs	61
Architecture	Bachelor's Degree	$67,955	+$35,466	clears the bar	$26,250	0.7 yrs	60
History	Bachelor's Degree	$49,972	+$17,483	clears the bar	$24,250	1.4 yrs	60
English	Bachelor's Degree	$47,809	+$15,320	clears the bar	$19,500	1.3 yrs	59
Biomedical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$75,972	+$43,483	clears the bar	$27,000	0.6 yrs	58
Social Work	Bachelor's Degree	$49,458	+$16,969	clears the bar	$25,000	1.5 yrs	58
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$42,681	+$10,192	clears the bar	$21,500	2.1 yrs	57
Engineering, General	Master's Degree	$123,834	+$91,345	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	51
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	Bachelor's Degree	$55,275	+$22,786	clears the bar	$21,250	0.9 yrs	50
Business/Managerial Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$97,743	+$65,254	clears the bar	$19,377	0.3 yrs	48
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$97,516	+$65,027	clears the bar	$15,625	0.2 yrs	45
Teacher Education (by subject)	Master's Degree	$62,654	+$30,165	clears the bar	$28,787	1.0 yrs	43
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General	Bachelor's Degree	$47,766	+$15,277	clears the bar	$27,875	1.8 yrs	43
Management Science	Master's Degree	$151,985	+$119,496	clears the bar	$32,346	0.3 yrs	43
Social Work	Master's Degree	$58,464	+$25,975	clears the bar	$26,170	1.0 yrs	41
Biological/Biosystems Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$75,596	+$43,107	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	40
International Business	Bachelor's Degree	$71,486	+$38,997	clears the bar	$18,665	0.5 yrs	40
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$49,636	+$17,147	clears the bar	$21,500	1.3 yrs	37
Human Development and Family Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$46,268	+$13,779	clears the bar	$21,500	1.6 yrs	37
International Relations	Bachelor's Degree	$48,925	+$16,436	clears the bar	$20,500	1.2 yrs	34
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	$51,967	+$19,478	clears the bar	$22,834	1.2 yrs	32
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	$105,343	+$72,854	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	32
School Counseling	Master's Degree	$56,514	+$24,025	clears the bar	$39,236	1.6 yrs	32
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$63,861	+$31,372	clears the bar	$16,500	0.5 yrs	31
Agricultural Public Services	Bachelor's Degree	$54,454	+$21,965	clears the bar	$19,134	0.9 yrs	29
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$46,352	+$13,863	clears the bar	$26,256	1.9 yrs	28
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	$43,930	+$11,441	clears the bar	$22,333	2.0 yrs	27
Business	Bachelor's Degree	$71,753	+$39,264	clears the bar	$20,262	0.5 yrs	26
Human Resources	Bachelor's Degree	$40,007 1-year earnings	+$7,518	clears the bar	$25,000	3.3 yrs	26
Computer Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$99,031	+$66,542	clears the bar	$25,957	0.4 yrs	25
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$102,747	+$70,258	clears the bar	$25,997	0.4 yrs	24
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management	Master's Degree	$75,025	+$42,536	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Geology and Earth Science	Bachelor's Degree	$49,730	+$17,241	clears the bar	$22,500	1.3 yrs	23
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Master's Degree	$61,206	+$28,717	clears the bar	$39,020	1.4 yrs	22
Electrical Engineering	Master's Degree	$113,717 1-year earnings	+$81,228	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Special Education	Bachelor's Degree	$53,054	+$20,565	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Master's Degree	$62,448	+$29,959	clears the bar	$42,245	1.4 yrs	17
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services	Bachelor's Degree	$29,241 1-year earnings	-$3,248	falls short	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Education	Bachelor's Degree	$48,188	+$15,699	clears the bar	$22,495	1.4 yrs	15
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	$25,499 1-year earnings	-$6,990	falls short	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Master's Degree	$60,276 1-year earnings	+$27,787	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Food Science and Technology	Bachelor's Degree	$53,205 1-year earnings	+$20,716	clears the bar	$14,746	0.7 yrs	6
Nursing	Doctoral Degree	$136,259	+$103,770	clears the bar	$55,608	0.5 yrs	insufficient data
Engineering-Related Fields	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	184
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	100
Engineering, General	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	54
Management Science	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	37
Teacher Education (by subject)	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	32
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Landscape Architecture	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Plant Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Special Education	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Economics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Agricultural Business and Management	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Finance	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
English	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Special Education	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Curriculum and Instruction	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Geology and Earth Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Music	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Fine Arts	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Communications and Media	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Civil Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Chemistry	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Sociology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Agricultural Production Operations	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Computer Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Teacher Education (by level)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Industrial Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Nursing	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Journalism	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Mechanical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Legal Professions and Studies, Other	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Physics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Public Administration	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Materials Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Geography and Cartography	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Business Administration	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Materials Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Health Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Animal Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Animal Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Food Science and Technology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Biomedical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Chemical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Computer Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Legal Professions and Studies, Other	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Mathematics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Psychology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Political Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Plant Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
IT Administration and Management	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
School Counseling	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Teacher Education (by level)	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Zoology/Animal Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Statistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Philosophy	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Geology and Earth Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Public Policy Analysis	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Social Work	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Anthropology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Food Science and Technology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Plant Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($32,489/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.