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Arkansas Baptist College Data & Information Overview

21% Student Loan Default Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on Arkansas Baptist College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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How Well Is Arkansas Baptist College Ranked?

2024 Rankings

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Overall Quality

Arkansas Baptist College was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Arkansas Baptist College?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

If you are worried about getting into Arkansas Baptist College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.

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Arkansas Baptist College Faculty

23 to 1 Student to Faculty
53% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Arkansas Baptist College, this rate is 23 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Arkansas Baptist College is 53%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  53 out of 100
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100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Arkansas Baptist College

20% Freshmen Retention
5% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 20% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at Arkansas Baptist College. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.

Freshmen Retention Rate  20 out of 100
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100

Graduation Rate

When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Arkansas Baptist College is 5%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  5 out of 100
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100

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Arkansas Baptist College Undergraduate Student Diversity

287 Full-Time Undergraduates
80.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
17.1% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 468 undergraduates at Arkansas Baptist College with 287 being full-time and 181 being part-time.

How Much Does Arkansas Baptist College Cost?

$16,961 Net Price
89% Take Out Loans
$24,900 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Arkansas Baptist College is $16,961. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Arkansas Baptist College

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$16,762 $16,416 $17,627 $18,495 $19,183

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Arkansas Baptist College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Arkansas Baptist College, approximately 89% of students took out student loans averaging $6,225 a year. That adds up to $24,900 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Arkansas Baptist College is 21.0%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.

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How Much Money Do Arkansas Baptist College Graduates Make?

$26,710 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Arkansas Baptist College with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $26,710 in their early years. This is about 37% less that the average pay for college graduates overall. However, graduates with your major may make more.

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Location of Arkansas Baptist College

Arkansas State
287 Full-Time Undergraduates
Midsize City Campus Setting
Arkansas Baptist College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Little Rock, Arkansas. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

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Contact details for Arkansas Baptist College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1600 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Little Rock, AR 72202-6068
Phone: 501-420-1200
Website: www.arkansasbaptist.edu/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArkansasBaptist

Arkansas Baptist College Majors

10 Majors With Completions
22 Undergraduate Degrees
Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Human Services 2 NA
Music 2 NA
Religious Studies 2 NA
Criminal Justice & Corrections 2 NA
Business Administration & Management 1 NA
Accounting 1 NA
Educational Administration 0 NA
Public Administration 0 NA
Arts & Media Management 0 NA
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Arkansas Baptist College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Learn more about online learning at Arkansas Baptist College.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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