University of Central Arkansas Teaching Programs

University of Central Arkansas is a public institution located in Conway, Arkansas. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

University of Central Arkansas Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at UCA.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#93	Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#119	Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#140	Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards UCA has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#29	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching	College Factual
#31	Best Value Colleges for Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	College Factual
#33	Best Value Colleges for Student Counseling	College Factual
#88	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific	College Factual
#95	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific	College Factual
#116	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Education	College Factual

Where Is University of Central Arkansas?

Contact details for UCA are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	201 Donaghey Ave, Conway, AR 72035-0001
Phone:	501-450-5000
Website:	www.uca.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/ucentralarkansas
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/ucabears

How Do I Get Into UCA?

You can apply to UCA online at: uca.edu/admissions/apply

Admission Requirements for UCA

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	neither required nor recommended
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into UCA?

UCA has the high acceptance rate of 94%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 91%, and the acceptance rate for women is 95%.

Average Test Scores

About 3% of students accepted to UCA submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 580. Math scores were between 470 and 570.

UCA received ACT scores from 96% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 29. Math scores were between 18 and 25. Composite scores were between 20 and 27.

Can I Afford University of Central Arkansas?

The overall average net price of UCA is $19,893. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UCA, approximately 54% of students took out student loans averaging $8,622 a year. That adds up to $34,488 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UCA is 4.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

University of Central Arkansas Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 8,615 undergraduate students at UCA, with 7,301 being full-time and 1,314 being part-time.

There are also 1,720 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 7,301 full-time undergraduates at UCA, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Central Arkansas students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	156
Black or African American	1,143
Hispanic or Latino	455
White	4,911
International Students	278
Other Races/Ethnicities	358

Geographic Diversity

Arkansas students aren't the only ones who study at University of Central Arkansas. At this time, 25 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 84 countries are represented at UCA. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Côte d’Ivoire, Bahamas, and China.

Online Learning at University of Central Arkansas

In 2019-2020, 7,955 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UCA has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 3rd most popular in Arkansas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of UCA

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at University of Central Arkansas was $9,338 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $16,148. The following table shows how UCA is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Teacher Development & Methodology	#66	#33
Reading Teacher Education	#73	#25

Online Growth Rankings of UCA

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Central Arkansas was 7.2%. This is the #1,081 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at UCA regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at UCA ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at UCA.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Reading Teacher Education	#129
General Special Education	#190
Instructional Media Design	#227
Educational/Instructional Technology	#227
Special Education	#306
Teacher Education Subject Specific	#314

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

University of Central Arkansas Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Elementary Education	93	0	0	93
Teacher Development & Methodology	0	0	73	73
General Special Education	11	13	22	46
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	0	0	29	29
Reading Teacher Education	0	5	24	29
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching	24	0	0	24
Superintendency & Educational System Administration	0	17	0	17
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching	15	0	0	15
Other Educational Administration & Supervision	0	4	10	14
College Student Counseling & Personnel Services	0	0	12	12
General Education	0	0	10	10
Educational/Instructional Technology	0	3	5	8
Social Studies Education	8	0	0	8
Family & Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education	5	0	0	5
Music Education	3	0	0	3
Learning Sciences	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	159	42	185	386

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Steve Wright Jr. (flickr user: Wright Way Photography) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.