Finance at University of Arkansas

Every finance school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the finance program at University of Arkansas stacks up to those at other schools.

UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and approximately 27,778 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,547 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Arkansas in 2019, 327 of them were finance majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Finance section at the bottom of this page.

UARK Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

UARK Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at UARK compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at UARK is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	23
Most Focused Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	66
Most Focused Finance Schools	84
Best Finance Schools	191

Finance Student Demographics at UARK

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the finance majors at University of Arkansas.

UARK Finance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 327 finance students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from UARK, about 80% were men and 20% were women.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at UARK are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Arkansas with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	257
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

UARK also has a doctoral program available in finance. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in finance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AR, the home state for University of Arkansas.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
General and Operations Managers	20,440	$87,650
Financial Managers	4,350	$106,530
Loan Officers	2,650	$73,990
Chief Executives	2,150	$126,960
Financial Analysts	1,060	$78,050

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Brandonrush under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.