College · Private nonprofit · Toppenish, WA · Rural
Heritage University
Toppenish, WA
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$47k
Net price / yr$15k
Undergrad size812
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $15k/yr for a shot at a $47k 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
812 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 $31k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $15k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$125k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$58k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$66k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.2x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $20.9k
- Books & supplies
- $942
How students pay for it.
Pell grants67%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans36%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$15k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention57%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr54%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$47k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$49k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out2%
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
- 812
- Location
- Toppenish, WA
- Region
- Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Smaller Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Hispanic73%
- American Indian / Alaska Native11%
- White10%
- Two or more races2%
- Unknown1%
- Black1%
- Asian1%
First-gen students63%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time8%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$26k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 26
What you can study.