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Private Community College

Champion Christian College

Private Community College in Hot Springs, AR.

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Champion Christian College · Campus
Federal loan default
0%
Green Flags
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Academics

Full-time retention
35%
Transfer-out rate
100%
Student:faculty
10:1

A six-year graduation rate of 0% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. 35% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. The 100% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. A 10:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$16,467
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
72%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
54%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 123 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Average net price after grant aid is $16,467 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $14,499 at $0–30k against $19,762 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 72% get grants averaging $5,651, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 54% 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.

% receiving grants
64%
Average grant
$4,503

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 28 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 $14,499
$30–48k $18,140
$48–75k $14,956
$75–110k $19,770
$110k+ $19,762

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 66 of these 123 students, totalling $450,855 — an average of $6,831 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Garland County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$829/mo
1 bedroom
$834/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,090/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

VA caution flag

Heightened Cash Monitoring (Compliance Audit Late or Missing); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring

GI Bill students
6
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
No

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate Champion Christian College

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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