University of Arkansas

“R1 public land-grant flagship founded in 1871 in Fayetteville at the foot of the Ozark Mountains.”

The University of Arkansas (often called the U of A or UARK) is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and a Carnegie R1 research university located in Fayetteville, in the rapidly growing Northwest Arkansas region. With roughly 33,000 students enrolled across 10 colleges and schools — including the Sam M. Walton College of Business, the College of Engineering, the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, and the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences — the university offers more than 200 degree programs. Its proximity to Walmart, Tyson Foods, and J.B. Hunt headquarters has shaped the university's signature programs in supply chain management, accounting, and food science, and the Walton College has earned a national reputation for its retail and supply chain pipelines. Life at Arkansas revolves around the Razorback identity. Razorback football, basketball, and baseball define fall and spring weekends in Fayetteville, and the iconic 'Calling the Hogs' chant is a campus rite of passage learned at the freshman pep rally and class photo at Reynolds Razorback Stadium. The 512-acre hillside campus features Senior Walk — miles of sidewalks engraved with the names of every U of A graduate since 1876 — and the historic Old Main building. Fayetteville itself consistently ranks among the best small U.S. cities to live in, with a low cost of living, a thriving Dickson Street nightlife and music scene, and easy access to the Ozark Mountains. For international applicants, the U of A is particularly attractive thanks to the New Arkansan Non-Resident Tuition Award Scholarship, which can reduce out-of-state tuition by tens of thousands of dollars per year, an established International Students and Scholars (ISS) office, and STEM-designated programs across engineering, computer science, supply chain, and analytics that qualify graduates for the 24-month STEM OPT extension.