University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Healthcare Programs

Located in Little Rock, Arkansas, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is a public institution. The location of UAMS is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Where Is University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences?

Contact details for UAMS are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	4301 W Markham, Little Rock, AR 72205-7199
Phone:	501-296-1275
Website:	www.uams.edu

How Do I Get Into UAMS?

You can apply to UAMS online at: https://students.uams.edu/apply/

Can I Afford University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences?

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,084 undergraduate students at UAMS, with 732 being full-time and 352 being part-time.

There are also 2,004 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 732 full-time undergraduates at UAMS, 15% are male and 85% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	42
Black or African American	95
Hispanic or Latino	65
White	469
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	60

Over 23 countries are represented at UAMS. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Bahamas.

Online Learning at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

In 2022-2023, 1,529 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UAMS has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 15th most popular in Arkansas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Healthcare Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Medicine	0	0	0	157	157
Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology	149	0	0	0	149
Registered Nursing	121	0	0	0	121
Pharmacy	0	0	0	91	91
General Public Health	0	3	44	0	47
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy	44	0	0	0	44
Physician Assistant	0	0	39	0	39
Nursing Science	0	0	32	3	35
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	31	0	0	0	31
Nursing Practice	0	0	0	26	26
Physical Therapy/Therapist	0	0	0	26	26
Speech Pathology & Audiology	0	0	21	1	22
Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist	14	0	0	0	14
Dietetics/Dietitian	0	14	0	0	14
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician	12	0	0	0	12
Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	9	0	0	0	9
Cytotechnology/Cytotechnologist	8	0	0	0	8
Health Care Management	0	0	8	0	8
Audiology/Audiologist	0	0	0	5	5
Medical Informatics	0	2	0	2	4
Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences	0	4	0	0	4
Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs	0	0	0	4	4
Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist	1	0	0	0	1
Other Public Health	0	0	0	1	1
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	0	0	0	0	0
Radiologic Technology	0	0	0	0	0
International Public Health/International Health	0	0	0	0	0
Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	389	23	144	316	872

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Mmcnell under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.