The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith earned recognition this week as one of the top public universities in the South according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Colleges rankings, ranking fifth overall for social mobility and 12th of all public schools in the regional South.
The university also earned accolades in the overall academic excellence among other regional colleges in the South (No. 48) and landed among the top 500 nursing programs in the nation and among the top business programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).