College · Private nonprofit · Springdale, AR · Rural
Ecclesia College
Springdale, AR
Religious affiliation
Admit rate74%
6-yr median pay$32k
Net price / yr$22k
Undergrad size108
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $22k/yr for a shot at a $32k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 74% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
108 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $32k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $22k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$126k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$88k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$38k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.7x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $16.9k
- Room & board
- $8.0k
- Books & supplies
- $1,080
How students pay for it.
Pell grants49%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans54%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$13k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention45%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr40%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$32k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$41k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out26%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 108
- Location
- Springdale, 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 · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Association for Biblical Higher Education
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White42%
- Black19%
- Hispanic14%
- International12%
- American Indian / Alaska Native7%
- Two or more races5%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
First-gen students47%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time12%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$30k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 11
What you can study.