Heritage University
Private College in Toppenish, WA. Six-year graduation rate 52%. Median 10-year earnings $49,416.
Ten years after entry, the median Heritage University student earns $49,416 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 52%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $14,573, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.29 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 52%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention is weak: only 57% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one year. A 9:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. This is a small school — 783 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 782 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $15,563 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($15,114 versus $20,749), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid is widespread — 96% of students receive it, averaging $16,933. About 36% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 126 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 | $15,114 |
| $30–48k | $12,383 |
| $48–75k | $14,119 |
| $75–110k | $17,053 |
| $110k+ | $20,749 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 280 of these 782 students, totalling $2,008,247 — an average of $7,172 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Yakima 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)