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UCA offers over 150 degrees and certificates, spanning from certificate to doctorate.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>UCA housing is top rate, offering 11 residence halls and 6 apartment complexes. UCA also has 5 residential colleges that are co-education living and learning communities that provide opportunities to connect to every aspect of student life.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Are you looking for opportunities to learn outside the traditional classroom setting? UCA offers study abroad programs through many academic disciplines, service learning initiatives through the Residential Colleges and the UCA Honors College is designed to take an interdisciplinary approach to learning through small classes taught in seminar format.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>UCA will only charge in-state tuition for international students who live in University housing<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","career":"The mission of Career Services Center is to support UCA\u2019s Strategic Plan by assisting students in maximizing their educational experience by providing access to career coaching, programs, presentations, experiential learning, and employment opportunities to empower all students to be active participants in their career development, through learning during and after college\r\n\r\nInternational students enrolled in the F-1 visa program can apply for<strong> Optional Practical Training (OPT)<\/strong> when they graduate. UCA international graduates are guided through the OPT application process by our staff and have a very high application approval rate for both postcompletion OPT and STEM OPT. An estimated 95% of students approved for OPT were hired by various companies and organizations, including Acxiom, Price Waterhouse, Microsoft, State of Texas, and Kate Spade.","scholarships":"<ul>\r\n \t<li><b>The first scholarship <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/uca.edu\/global\/out-of-state-tuition-scholarship\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Out-of-State Tuition Scholarship<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All international students are automatically offered a full out-of-state tuition scholarship after they are fully admitted and choose to live in university housing.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><b>The second scholarship<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/uca.edu\/global\/scholarships\/merit-scholarship\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Student Merit Scholarship<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and it is available to new UCA students who start in Fall semester. 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Living in the residence halls or other campus housing offers you everything you need for college survival, as well as many advantages.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>single room: around $5300 <\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong> double room: around $6800<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","ranking_&_accreditation":"<ul>\r\n \t<li>The University of Central Arkansas maintained a ranking in the top 30 best regional public institutions in the South, according to the 2019 Best Colleges rankings by U.S. News &amp; World Report released Sept. 10.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The University of Arkansas is the only institution in the state ranked in the first tier of national universities in America's Best Colleges.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>With fewer than 5% of business schools accredited worldwide, UCA\u2019s College of Business received accreditation in 1984 and remains accredited at the undergraduate and MBA levels. 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