The 25 Schools Stocked With Jocks
The only thing these schools take more seriously than sports are academics. Or is it the other way around?
Courtesy of University of Arkansas
Located in Fayetteville, the University of Arkansas (U of A) was founded in 1871. While the school bills itself as a large research university, it’s getting attention from Newsweek for its sports. With more than 56 percent of the school’s expenditures going to athletics, U of A comes in at No. 12 for best colleges for jocks.
“It is a [Southeastern] Conference school, so athletics are great,” says one student of the NCAA Division 1 athletics program on CollegeProwler.com. “The school spirit and traditions here are great.”
Undergraduate enrollment is a little more than 15,400, with men making up the majority at 51 percent. Caucasians make up 82 percent of the student body, followed by African-Americans at 4.8 percent, Hispanics at 3.3 percent, and Asian-Americans at 2.8 percent.
Tuition and fees for the 2009–2010 school year was $6,459 for in-state residents and $15,336 for out-of-state students with an extra $7,732 for room and board.
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