Arkansas State University-Newport
Public Community College in Newport, AR. Six-year graduation rate 46%. Median 10-year earnings $41,524.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $41,524, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 46%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Graduates leave owing a median of $8,002 — 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 0.19 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
46% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention is weak: only 59% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. The part-time picture is harder: 43% return, against 59% full-time. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,262 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $8,490 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $7,403 at $0–30k, $12,781 at $110k+. About 77% get grants averaging $5,253, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 29% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 185 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 | $7,403 |
| $30–48k | $8,475 |
| $48–75k | $9,872 |
| $75–110k | $10,346 |
| $110k+ | $12,781 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 363 of these 1,262 students, totalling $1,647,839 — an average of $4,540 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Jackson 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)