Facts About the U of A

The University of Arkansas, the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System, rests on a former hilltop farm overlooking the Ozark Mountains to the south. At the University's founding in 1871, the site in Fayetteville was described as "second to none in the state of Arkansas."

The University of Arkansas is located in Fayetteville, a city of more than 60,000 residents. Fayetteville is at the southern tip of a metroplex that runs northward for 25 miles along I-540 through Washington and Benton counties in Northwest Arkansas and ends in Bella Vista, an upscale retirement community near the state's northern border.

Today, the UA campus includes 130 buildings on 345 acres and offers more than 200 academic programs, more than some universities twice its size. Yet it maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio (currently 17:1) that makes personal attention possible.

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