University of
Arkansas at Monticello
Public College in Monticello, AR. Six-year graduation rate 48%. Median 10-year earnings $36,902.
Ten-year median earnings of $36,902 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Six-year completion sits at 48%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $19,971, neither a bargain nor a burden. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 2.7% 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
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 48%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention is 72% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. Transfer-out runs to 13% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The 12:1 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 1,885 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $14,613 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $13,626 at $0–30k, $17,741 at $110k+. Most students get help: 90% receive grants worth $9,581 on average. About 48% 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 · 461 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 | $13,626 |
| $30–48k | $12,896 |
| $48–75k | $14,792 |
| $75–110k | $17,532 |
| $110k+ | $17,741 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 914 of these 1,885 students, totalling $6,764,282 — an average of $7,401 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Drew 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)