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University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas · Public

Construction trades programs

not reportedcompletion rate · Arkansas avg 57%

$22,000median debt of graduates

$40,040median earnings, 6 yrs after entry

$45,265median earnings, 10 yrs after entry

not reportedannual cost of attendance

Yesfederal aid (FAFSA / Pell) eligible

Accreditation: Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing | American Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the | American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiolo | Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education | Higher Learning Commission | National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (Accredited)
Address: 2801 S University Ave, Little Rock, AR 72204 · Phone: (501) 569-3000 · School website ↗ · Verify on College Scorecard ↗

Accountability record (federal accreditation database, last 36 months; Department of Education oversight)
No accreditor sanctions in the last 36 months

Sanctions are probation, warning, show-cause and loss-of-accreditation actions by any recognized accreditor, including program-specific accreditors (a nursing-program probation counts for the campus). Routine monitoring reviews and voluntary withdrawals are not counted. Ask the school what the action concerned and how it was resolved.

What these trades pay once you're working

Occupation	Starting (10th pct)	Median	Experienced (75th)
Construction laborers	$30,850	$37,630	$44,320

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wages for everyone employed in the occupation in Arkansas (May 2025; national where the state figure is not published). The program table below shows what this campus's own graduates earned in their first year, whatever job they took.

Trade programs at this campus

Program	Credential	Grads / yr	Earnings, yr 1	Earnings, yr 2	Median debt
Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection	Certificate, under 300 hours	21	not reported	not reported	not reported
Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection	Certificate, 300–899 hours	7	not reported	not reported	not reported

Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.

Graduates per year from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey. Earnings and debt are College Scorecard field-of-study medians for graduates of this program at this campus (reported at the 4-digit program level, so closely related programs share a figure); "not reported" means too few graduates were counted to publish a figure.

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Data: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026. Figures are the U.S. Department of Education's official measures, not Career Training Path's opinion. Tuition, schedules and program availability change — confirm with the school before enrolling.