Former name | Little Rock Junior College (1927–1957) Little Rock University (1957–1969) [1] |
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Motto | Cultus, Veritas, Scientia |
Motto in English | Culture, Truth, Knowledge |
Type | Public research university |
Established | 1927[2] |
Parent institution | University of Arkansas System |
Academic affiliations | |
Endowment | $80 million (2019) |
Chancellor | Christina Drale |
President | Donald R. Bobbitt |
Academic staff | 471 (full-time) |
Administrative staff | 1,852 (1,465 full-time) |
Students | 8,197 (Fall 2022) [3] |
Location | , , United States |
Campus | Urban |
Colors | Maroon and silver [4] |
Nickname | Trojans |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division I – OVC |
Website | ualr |
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UA Little Rock) is a public research university in Little Rock, Arkansas. Established as Little Rock Junior College by the Little Rock School District in 1927, the institution became a private four-year university under the name Little Rock University in 1957. It returned to public status in 1969 when it merged with the University of Arkansas System under its present name. The former campus of Little Rock Junior College is now (2019) the campus of Philander Smith University.
At 250 acres (100 ha), the UA Little Rock campus encompasses more than 56 buildings, including the Center for Nanotechnology Integrative Sciences, the Emerging Analytics Center, the Sequoyah Research Center, and the Ottenheimer Library [5] Additionally, UA Little Rock houses special learning facilities that include a learning resource center, art galleries, KUAR public radio station, [6] University Television, and a campus-wide wireless network. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". [7]
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Academic rankings | |
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National | |
U.S. News & World Report [8] | 293-381 |
Washington Monthly [9] | 378 |
Global | |
ARWU [10] | 901–1000 |
The university features more than 100 undergraduate degrees [11] and 60 graduate degrees, [12] including graduate certificates, master's degrees, and doctorates, through both traditional and online courses. [13] Students attend classes in one of the university's three new colleges and a law school: [14]
Race and ethnicity [19] | Total | ||
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White | 48% | ||
Black | 27% | ||
Other [lower-alpha 1] | 15% | ||
Hispanic | 4% | ||
Foreign national | 3% | ||
Asian | 2% | ||
Native American | 1% | ||
Economic diversity | |||
Low-income [lower-alpha 2] | 59% | ||
Affluent [lower-alpha 3] | 41% |
The student life at UA Little Rock is typical of public universities in the United States. It is characterized by student-run organizations and affiliation groups that support social, academic, athletic, and religious activities and interests. Some of the services offered by the UA Little Rock Office of Campus Life are intramural sports and fitness programs, diversity programs, leadership development, peer tutoring, student government association, student support programs including groups for non-traditional and first-generation students, a student-run newspaper, and fraternity and sorority life. The proximity of the UA Little Rock campus to downtown Little Rock enables students to take advantage of a wide array of recreational, entertainment, educational, internship, and employment opportunities that are not available anywhere else in Arkansas. [20]
UA Little Rock provides a variety of on-campus living options for students ranging from traditional resident rooms to multiple-bedroom apartments. The university has four residence halls on the eastern side of the campus and the University Village Apartment Complex [21] on the southern side of campus. Six learning communities focusing on criminal justice, arts and culture, majors and careers, future business innovators, nursing careers, and STEM are available to students.
UA Little Rock's 14 athletic teams are known as the Little Rock Trojans, with all teams participating in the Ohio Valley Conference. Little Rock's main athletic offices are located in the Jack Stephens Center. UA Little Rock offers the following sports:
Two Little Rock teams that do not compete in the Sun Belt are the women's swimming and diving team (Missouri Valley Conference) and wrestling (Pac-12 Conference), neither of which the Sun Belt sponsors. Wrestling is the school's newest sport, starting in 2019, and is the first Division I program in Arkansas.
Little Rock will move to the Ohio Valley Conference for the 2022-23 season.
On July 1, 2014, the UA Little Rock Collections and Archives division was created. The division encompasses:
The Japanese School of Little Rock (リトルロック日本語補習校 Ritoru Rokku Nihongo Hoshūkō), a weekend Japanese education program, holds its classes at the University Plaza. [23]
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