University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
Fort Smith, Arkansas
- Two-year college
- Public
- City
- 4,091 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 49 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 27 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 54 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's degree · 45 finishedGraduates here earned $41,044 a year after finishingNationally: $44,159
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's degreeGraduates here earned $55,710 a year after finishingNationally: $70,762
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Computer ScienceBachelor's degree · 23 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $80,182
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsBachelor's degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,533
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 21 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsBachelor's degree · 13 finishedGraduates here earned $67,400 a year after finishingNationally: $69,638
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 36 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 32 finishedGraduates here earned $51,714 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsBachelor's degree · 4 finishedGraduates here earned $65,349 a year after finishingNationally: $69,634
Engineering technology
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansBachelor's degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $72,426
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsBachelor's degree · 9 finishedGraduates here earned $41,801 a year after finishingNationally: $39,422
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 134 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,159
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $53,952
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Pilot and air transportation
- Air TransportationCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,972
- Air TransportationAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,658
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's degree · 27 finishedGraduates here earned $41,638 a year after finishingNationally: $43,365
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's degree · 67 finishedGraduates here earned $71,652 a year after finishingNationally: $84,093
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 167 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
Other programs (18)
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Managerial EconomicsCertificate · 4 finished
- EconomicsCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $64,762
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 39 finishedNationally: $47,691
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 12 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Finance and Financial Management ServicesCertificate · 17 finishedNationally: $51,339
- Human Resources Management and ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $50,359
- International BusinessCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $59,091
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 579 finishedNationally: $34,134
- MarketingCertificate · 21 finishedNationally: $43,966
- Mechanics and Repairers, GeneralAssociate degree · 12 finishedNationally: $61,028
- Non-Professional Legal StudiesCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $58,040
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $39,278
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsCertificate · 13 finishedNationally: $42,581
- Security Science and TechnologyCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $45,055
- Security Science and TechnologyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $39,731
- Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign LanguageCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $35,081
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $9,653per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $20,164sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $7,888Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 25%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 42%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $40,9316 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $44,25210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $20,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 45%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 8%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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