College · Private nonprofit · Conway, AR · City
Central Baptist College
Conway, AR
Religious affiliation
Admit rate63%
6-yr median pay$38k
Net price / yr$12k
Undergrad size484
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $12k/yr for a shot at a $38k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 63% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1046 · ACT 21.
If you get in
484 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 $31k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $12k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$122k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$49k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$73k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.3x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $21.3k
- Room & board
- $8.5k
- Books & supplies
- $1,888
How students pay for it.
Pell grants40%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans47%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$22k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention61%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr34%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$38k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$47k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out35%
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
- 484
- Location
- Conway, AR
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- CBC
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White58%
- Black13%
- Hispanic11%
- International9%
- Two or more races5%
- Unknown2%
- Asian1%
First-gen students35%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time7%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$38k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 24
What you can study.