Crowley's Ridge College
Private College in Paragould, AR. Six-year graduation rate 36%. Median 10-year earnings $39,533.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $39,533, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Only 36% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates carry a median of $26,228 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.66 — elevated (above 0.60)
Academics
Only 36% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. 54% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. 38% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. At 10:1, 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 162 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $17,162 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $15,652 at $0–30k, $18,079 at $110k+. 100% of students get grant aid averaging $10,024, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 77% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 39 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 | $15,652 |
| $30–48k | $17,238 |
| $48–75k | $12,707 |
| $75–110k | $19,956 |
| $110k+ | $18,079 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 125 of these 162 students, totalling $789,174 — an average of $6,313 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Greene County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)