U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks Walton College among the top business schools in the country.

The college has a close relationship with Walmart Stores, Inc., based in nearby Bentonville, Arkansas, and related vendor community.

The original curricula covered accounting, banking, finance, general business, industrial management, and marketing.

[6] The company is headquartered in nearby Bentonville, Arkansas, and employs hundreds of Walton College graduates.

[16] The Wall Street Journal ranked the Walton M.B.A. #11 for the best return on investment based on federal student loan and post-graduation salary data from 600 M.B.A.

[14] Walton's Department of Information Systems is consistently ranked among the top 5 in the world based on publications in premier IS journals.

Willard J. Walker Hall at 191 North Harmon and the J.B. Hunt Transport Services Center for Academic Excellence at 227 North Harmon opened in 2007 adjacent to the Business Building, enclosing the Linda Sue Shollmier Plaza and creating a business campus within the southern part of the UA campus.