Universities in Arkansas

The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville was founded in 1871 on the site of a hilltop farm that overlooked the Ozark Mountains, giving it the nickname "The Hill". The northern taller tower is the bell tower, and the southern shorter tower is the clock tower. One legend for the tower ...

UALR is a metropolitan university on the move, a dynamic learning institution where students find unique learning and internship opportunities provided through one-of-a-kind connections to the state’s thriving capital city. Arkansas’s premier metropolitan university, UALR is committed to responding to the needs of the community by creating active links between the ...

University of Arkansas - Fort Smith, where real-life dreams meet real-life experience. Our students arrive with aspirations, and our instructors endeavor to turn those aspirations into reality. We specialize in equipping our graduates with the skills and training necessary to succeed immediately upon entering the workforce. Among regional universities, UA ...

Arkansas Tech University is rich in history and is now one of the fastest growing universities in the state.  Tech is a great university in a great location.  For more quick facts on Tech, check out Tech-At-A-Glance or take a campus tour and we will prove to you that we ...

ASU was founded in Jonesboro in 1909 by the Arkansas Legislature as a regional agricultural training school. It began offering a two-year college program in 1918, then became First District Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1925. A four-year degree program was begun in 1930, then A & M College became ...

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is one of the region's major academic health centers, located in Little Rock, Arkansas, with outreach programs operating in every county and a regional campus in Northwest Arkansas. In addition to our hospital and clinics, UAMS includes five colleges and a graduate ...

Harding began as a senior college in 1924, when two junior colleges, Arkansas Christian College and Harper College, merged their facilities and assets, adopted the new name of Harding College, and located on the campus of Arkansas Christian in Morrilton, Ark. Harper had been founded in 1915 in Harper, Kan., ...

Ouachita Baptist University (pronounced Wash'-uh-taw) was named for the Ouachita River, which forms the eastern boundary of the campus. Ouachita is a Caddo Indian word which is thought to have meant "eastern boundary of our nation." Dr. Westmoreland was elected chairman of the Association of Southern Baptist Colleges and Schools, the ...

John Brown University (JBU) is a private, interdenominational, Christian liberal arts college in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Founded in 1919, JBU also has regional educational centers in Rogers, Little Rock, and Fort Smith, Arkansas. JBU is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.  JBU competes athletically in the Sooner ...

Henderson State University, founded in 1890 as Arkadelphia Methodist College, is a four-year public liberal arts university located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. It is Arkansas's only member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges.[1] Henderson's curricula based on the belief that a liberal arts education is essential for all undergraduates; ...