Most of the universities and colleges around the Natural State were recently ranked among their peer institutions by U.S. News & World Report, which looked at 15 factors to determine the rankings segmented by school size. The University of Arkansas ranked in the middle of the pack at No. 153 of 399 national universities in the report.

The University of Arkansas ranked below several peer institutions in surrounding states. The University of Oklahoma ranked No. 132 among the 399 schools, University of Texas ranked No. 53 and the University of Missouri ranked No. 139. The University of Mississippi ranked lower than than the UA at No. 162.

Smaller colleges around the state that also competed in the national university rankings include Harding University in Searcy. Harding garnered the No. 240 spot on the list of 399 which included the likes of Princeton, Stanford and Harvard. Harding is a private university with an enrollment of 5,121.      MORE