College · Private nonprofit · Little Rock, AR · City
Arkansas Baptist College
Little Rock, AR
HBCUReligious affiliation
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$23k
Net price / yr$11k
Undergrad size342
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $11k/yr for a shot at a $23k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
342 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $23k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $11k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$92k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$43k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$50k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $8.8k
- Room & board
- $8.8k
- Books & supplies
- $1,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants79%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans81%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention22%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr7%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$23k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$28k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out22%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 342
- Location
- Little Rock, AR
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
HBCUReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black92%
- White3%
- Hispanic2%
- Two or more races2%
- International1%
First-gen students45%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time12%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$15k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 9
What you can study.