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University of
Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Public College in Little Rock, AR. Median 10-year earnings $73,827.

Verdict High-return
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$73,827
Median debt at grad
$14,000
Federal loan default
0%

Students who entered University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences reach a median of $73,827 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. Graduates leave owing a median of $14,000 — modest by four-year standards.

Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.

Green Flags
  • Debt-to-income ratio 0.19 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Academics

Full-time retention
Transfer-out rate
Student:faculty
16:1

No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. The student-faculty ratio is 16:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. As a public four-year university, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. At 1,380 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.

Financial Aid

Average net price
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
49%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
33%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,361 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

One gap to flag: this institution does not report an average net price, so the figures here describe who receives aid rather than what a year actually costs. Use the school's own net price calculator before comparing it against anywhere else. 49% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. 33% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.

Federal student loans went to 451 of these 1,361 students, totalling $2,639,335 — an average of $5,852 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Pulaski County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$984/mo
1 bedroom
$989/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,147/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
175
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
No

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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