Central Baptist College
Private College in Conway, AR. Six-year graduation rate 35%. Median 10-year earnings $46,789.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $46,789 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 35% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $22,250, 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
Admissions
Central Baptist College accepts 63% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. With 260 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. Yield is high — 66% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate. 11% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
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 | 473–553 | 12 (11%) |
| SAT Math | 410–568 | |
| ACT Composite | 17–23 | 74 (69%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Only 35% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. 63% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 34% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. The 9:1 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 477 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $17,469 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $11,750 at $0–30k against $11,408 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Most students get help: 98% receive grants worth $12,911 on average. Federal borrowing reaches 54% 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 · 102 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 | $11,750 |
| $30–48k | $12,659 |
| $48–75k | $12,067 |
| $75–110k | $14,382 |
| $110k+ | $11,408 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 257 of these 477 students, totalling $1,732,523 — an average of $6,741 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Faulkner 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)