Colleges

The University of the Ozarks has a rich history and a highly distinguished tradition. Founded in 1834, they are the oldest institution of higher education in Arkansas.

True to their Christian heritage, they prepare those who seek to live life fully, those who seek the richness of life provided by study of the liberal arts and the quality of life provided by professional preparation. Providing a uniquely supportive, academically sophisticated and challenging environment on a beautiful campus adjacent to the Ozark Mountains. Their first priority is the education of students who come to them from diverse religious, cultural, educational, and economic backgrounds.

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415 N. College Avenue
Clarksville, Arkansas 72830
1-800-264-8636

With a history that spans over 100 years, UCA is the second-largest university in Arkansas, with about 13,000 students enrolled. UCA’s diverse array of academic offerings — including 160 undergraduate, masters, and doctoral degree programs — gives students the opportunities they need to pursue their interests, and each academic program is grounded in a philosophy that emphasizes habits of mind and ways of relating to the world. At UCA, the faculty and students engage with the campus and community in teaching-learning partnerships that promote intellectual and personal success.

Visit University of Central Arkansas
201 Donaghey Ave.
Conway, AR 72035
(501) 450-5000

Students at the University of Arkansas engage in research, invention and development - even the undergraduate students. The university has more than 200 programs of study, from history to engineering, from drama to geosciences, from accounting to logistics, from animal science to landscape architecture, and everything in between. More than a fourth of the students take classes abroad during their college career, but they call the University of Arkansas home. They also have 6 other campuses to choose from.

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Fayetteville Ar, 72701
479-575-2000

Southern Arkansas University is a quality, comprehensive regional university that offers degrees in the Colleges of Business, Education, Liberal and Performing Arts, and Science and Technology. It holds accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, National Association of Schools of Music, Council on Social Work Education, the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, the National League for Nursing, the Commission of Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs and the Joint Review Committee on Athletic Training Education Programs, and the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

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100 E. University, Magnolia
Arkansas 71753-5000
(870) 235-4000

Philander Smith College is a small, privately supported, historically Black, four-year liberal arts institution related to the Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church. The college offers four degrees: the bachelor of arts, the bachelor of science, the bachelor of business administration, and the bachelor of social work.

The college’s emerging mission is to graduate academically accomplished students, grounded as advocates for social justice, intentionally changing the world for the better. Philander Smith College, the only United Negro College Fund member institution in Arkansas, strives to provide a quality education for ALL, regardless of race, religion, sex, national origin or ethnic background.

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One Trudie Kibbe Reed Drive
Little Rock, Arkansas 72202