Which UA Little Rock bachelor's program has the lowest debt?

Finance graduates leave with a median of $20,152 in federal loans, the lowest among 18 UA Little Rock bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does UA Little Rock cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $9,748 a year, and $22,158 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $17,248 a year.

How many UA Little Rock programs report graduate pay?

18 bachelor's programs and one associate's program at UA Little Rock report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

UA Little Rock Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Public university
Little Rock, AR
4,949 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

18 UA Little Rock bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($78,898), and History the least ($23,785). The median program pays $37,341. UA Little Rock also has one associate's program that reports pay.

In-state tuition and fees$9,748Per year. Out-of-state $22,158

Average net price after aid$17,248Per year

Graduation rate42%Within 6 years

Admission rate59%Of applicants

All 18 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Arkansas" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Arkansas. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Arkansas
1	NursingAbout 153 graduates a year	$78,898	$90,475	$32,419	1st of 13
2	Construction Engineering TechnologyAbout 19 graduates a year	$71,845	$75,135	$20,250	1st of 1
3	FinanceAbout 14 graduates a year	$60,521	$61,945	$20,152	1st of 6
4	AccountingAbout 63 graduates a year	$58,845	$69,782	$25,316	1st of 8
5	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 22 graduates a year	$54,817	Not reported	$22,650	3rd of 7
6	Information ScienceAbout 5 graduates a year	$48,964	Not reported	$25,000	1st of 1
7	Criminal JusticeAbout 73 graduates a year	$40,989	$47,255	$30,026	2nd of 8
8	Business AdministrationAbout 52 graduates a year	$39,022	$56,830	$36,219	7th of 12
9	Teacher EducationAbout 36 graduates a year	$38,936	$43,247	$22,500	7th of 11
10	Health SciencesAbout 17 graduates a year	$35,746	$44,074	$33,500	1st of 2
11	Social WorkAbout 62 graduates a year	$35,408	$51,585	$26,980	3rd of 7
12	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 51 graduates a year	$33,780	$40,951	$31,000	4th of 10
13	CommunicationsAbout 13 graduates a year	$33,417	$38,619	$23,717	4th of 7
14	EnglishAbout 13 graduates a year	$32,883	$37,219	$29,153	3rd of 6
15	PsychologyAbout 52 graduates a year	$32,522	$44,322	$28,646	2nd of 12
16	BiologyAbout 56 graduates a year	$32,096	$60,680	$24,329	2nd of 9
17	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 36 graduates a year	$30,733	$38,965	$25,402	1st of 3
18	HistoryAbout 25 graduates a year	$23,785	$33,689	$27,000	4th of 4

Program names link to the program's own page, and Arkansas ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Arkansas programs in the field do too.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

2 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

One associate's program

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Arkansas" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Arkansas.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Arkansas
NursingAbout 164 graduates a year	$66,420	$74,778	$28,978	11th of 18

Program names link to the program's own page, and Arkansas ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

One more associate's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks: bachelor's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$78,898
Construction Engineering Technology$71,845
Finance$60,521
Accounting$58,845
Computer and Information Science$54,817

Lowest median debt

Finance$20,152
Construction Engineering Technology$20,250
Teacher Education$22,500
Computer and Information Science$22,650
Communications$23,717

Largest programs

NursingAbout 153 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 73 graduates a year
AccountingAbout 63 graduates a year
Social WorkAbout 62 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 56 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $78,898 in their first year, the most of 18 UA Little Rock bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Arkansas rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels