Arkansas Baptist College
Private Community College in Little Rock, AR. Six-year graduation rate 5%. Median 10-year earnings $28,418.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $28,418, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is the weak point: 5% graduate within six years. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $25,375, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.89 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Graduation rate 5% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 5% graduate within six years. Retention is weak: only 23% of full-time first-years return, so roughly three in four leave after one year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Transfer-out runs to 23% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. A 13:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 373 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $10,627 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $7,715 at the $0–30k band to $20,431 at $110k+. Most students get help: 98% receive grants worth $6,091 on average. Borrowing is widespread: 81% take federal loans.
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 · 47 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 | $7,715 |
| $30–48k | $11,741 |
| $48–75k | $19,496 |
| $75–110k | $20,055 |
| $110k+ | $20,431 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 301 of these 373 students, totalling $1,026,400 — an average of $3,410 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Pulaski County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Compliance Audit Late or Missing); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)