Alaska Christian College
Private Community College in Soldotna, AK. Six-year graduation rate 11%. Median 10-year earnings $25,787.
Ten-year median earnings of $25,787 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is the weak point: 11% graduate within six years.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 11% — below national average
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 93% of applicants are accepted. Only 40 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. 49% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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A six-year graduation rate of 11% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention is weak: only 25% of full-time first-years return, so roughly three in four leave after one year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. At 5:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 58 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $7,113 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $3,875 at the $0–30k band to $16,246 at $48–75k. Most students get help: 98% receive grants worth $17,695 on average.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 12 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $3,875 |
| $30–48k | $9,316 |
| $48–75k | $16,246 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Kenai Peninsula Borough) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026