Arkansas State
University Mid-South
Public Community College in West Memphis, AR. Six-year graduation rate 58%. Median 10-year earnings $31,857.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $31,857, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. 58% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ! Mobility score 0.7 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
58% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 58% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. The 11:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a public community college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. This is a small school — 1,021 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 434 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $7,489 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($4,411 versus $10,700), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Most students get help: 86% receive grants worth $6,970 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 · 53 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 | $4,411 |
| $30–48k | $1,780 |
| $48–75k | $7,410 |
| $75–110k | $10,700 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Crittenden County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)