Arkansas State
University-Mountain Home
Public Community College in Mountain Home, AR. Six-year graduation rate 44%. Median 10-year earnings $34,238.
Ten-year median earnings of $34,238 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Six-year completion sits at 44%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates leave owing a median of $10,500 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 44%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention is 62% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 52% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. At 12:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 934 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $10,412 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($7,734 versus $10,910), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 81% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,246 — common but not automatic. Federal borrowing reaches 35% of students.
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 · 211 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 | $7,734 |
| $30–48k | $7,560 |
| $48–75k | $9,887 |
| $75–110k | $11,116 |
| $110k+ | $10,910 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 328 of these 934 students, totalling $2,012,989 — an average of $6,137 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Baxter 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)