John Brown University
Private College in Siloam Springs, AR. Six-year graduation rate 72%. Median 10-year earnings $53,907.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $53,907 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate of 72% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Graduates carry a median of $21,250 in debt — in line with the national norm. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 2.1% of students move from the bottom income quintile to the top.
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
76% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 1,647 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. 31% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction. 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 | 550–690 | 41 (11%) |
| SAT Math | 520–650 | |
| ACT Composite | 21–28 | 195 (50%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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72% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 81% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. 19% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. At 15:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,415 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $21,537 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $17,484 at $0–30k against $24,627 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 96% of students receive it, averaging $21,460. About 44% 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 · 378 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 | $17,484 |
| $30–48k | $17,210 |
| $48–75k | $16,655 |
| $75–110k | $21,433 |
| $110k+ | $24,627 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 625 of these 1,415 students, totalling $3,760,408 — an average of $6,017 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Benton 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)