Popular Arkansas Colleges Easy to Get Into
Arkansas has 13 four-year colleges that accept 75% or more of applicants. If your GPA and test scores meet their typical thresholds, these are strong safety options, ordered by student interest online.
Leading examples include Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas, accepting 82% of applicants. Also frequently researched: Arkansas Tech University, University of Central Arkansas and Henderson State University.
Use the filters below to narrow by GPA, SAT, or ACT and see your estimated admission chance. For the highest academic quality among easy-admission schools, see best-ranked colleges with high acceptance rates. For schools with the highest acceptance rates regardless of popularity, see highest acceptance rate colleges.
Arkansas State University
- Public 4 Year
- Jonesboro, AR
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- 82% acceptance rate
Arkansas State is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, agriculture, and business. The campus is located in Jonesboro in northeast Arkansas.
- SAT Range 970-1190
- Avg GPA 3.66
- Net Price $12,410
Arkansas Tech University
- Public 4 Year
- Russellville, AR
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- 96% acceptance rate
Arkansas Tech is a public university known for undergraduate engineering, education, and emergency management. The campus is in Russellville, a small city in the Arkansas River Valley.
- SAT Range 880-1100
- Avg GPA 3.37
- Net Price $12,626
University of Central Arkansas
- Public 4 Year
- Conway, AR
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3.0 | 1 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
UCA is a public university known for undergraduate education and nursing programs. The campus sits in Conway, a college town north of Little Rock.
- SAT Range 910-1170
- Avg GPA 3.7
- Net Price $16,546
Henderson State University
- Public 4 Year
- Arkadelphia, AR
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- 100% acceptance rate
- Jul 15 application deadline
Henderson State is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education and business. The campus sits in the small college town of Arkadelphia.
- SAT Range 903-1073
- Avg GPA 3.23
- Net Price $20,444
University of Arkansas at Monticello
- Public 4 Year
- Monticello, AR
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2.0 | 2 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
UAM is a public university known for undergraduate forestry, agriculture, and natural resources. The campus sits in the small town of Monticello in southeast Arkansas.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.71
- Net Price $14,613
John Brown University
- Private 4 Year
- Siloam Springs, AR
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- 76% acceptance rate
John Brown is a private Christian university known for undergraduate engineering, nursing, and business. The residential campus is in the small college town of Siloam Springs in northwest Arkansas.
- SAT Range 1070-1340
- Avg GPA 3.77
- Net Price $21,537
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus
- Public 4 Year
- Magnolia, AR
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- 75% acceptance rate
- Aug 27 application deadline
SAU is a public university known for undergraduate business, education, and nursing. The campus is in the small college town of Magnolia.
- SAT Range 875-1105
- Avg GPA 3.46
- Net Price $13,442
University of Arkansas Fort Smith
- Public 4 Year
- Fort Smith, AR
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3.5 | 2 reviews
- 80% acceptance rate
UAFS is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. The campus sits in Fort Smith near the Oklahoma border.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.39
- Net Price $11,159
Williams Baptist University
- Private 4 Year
- Walnut Ridge, AR
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- 83% acceptance rate
Williams Baptist is a small private Baptist university with undergraduate programs in education, business, and Christian studies. Most students live on the residential campus in Walnut Ridge, a small town in northeast Arkansas.
- SAT Range 920-1058
- Avg GPA 3.2
- Net Price $12,692
Crowley's Ridge College
- Private 4 Year
- Paragould, AR
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- 100% acceptance rate
Crowley's Ridge is a small private Christian college known for undergraduate biblical studies and teacher education. The residential campus sits on Crowley's Ridge in the northeast Arkansas city of Paragould.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $17,162
Arkansas Baptist College
- Private 4 Year
- Little Rock, AR
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1.0 | 1 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
Arkansas Baptist is a small private historically Black college known for undergraduate business and religious studies. The urban Little Rock campus maintains a Baptist church affiliation.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.6
- Net Price $10,627
Philander Smith University
- Private 4 Year
- Little Rock, AR
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- 100% acceptance rate
Philander Smith is a private historically Black university known for undergraduate liberal arts. The urban campus sits in Little Rock.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.04
- Net Price $14,082
Champion Christian College
- Private 4 Year
- Hot Springs, Arkansas
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- 100% acceptance rate
Champion Christian is a small private Christian college known for undergraduate biblical studies and ministry. The campus is in Hot Springs, a historic spa city in the Ouachita Mountains.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $16,467