The education and training UCA provides for state residents has the greatest impact. Since its establishment, students have studied at UCA and entered the state workforce with greater knowledge and new skills. Using Emsi’s Alumni Outcomes data, many of UCA’s alumni are employed in the state workforce in industry sectors such as Health Care & Social Assistance, Educational Services, and Professional & Technical Services, with their top occupations being teachers & instructors, managers, chief executives, registered nurses, and accountants & auditors. Today, thousands of former UCA students are employed in Arkansas. As a result of their UCA educations, the students receive higher earnings and increase the productivity of the businesses that employ them. In FY 2018-19, UCA alumni generated $878.4 million in added income for the state economy, which is equivalent to supporting 16,920 jobs.
