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Statement · Pine Bluff, AR

Southeast Arkansas College

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  1. Families earning under $30k paid $19,038 a year after grants and aid, against a published cost of $22,405.

  2. Students who received federal aid earned a median $33,603 ten years after entering, the 17th percentile among public 2-years.

  3. 28% of students finish within 150% of normal time.

Enrollment, 2023
1,426

What it costs

The published sticker cost is $22,405 a year; after grants, families who received aid paid $19,038 a year at Southeast Arkansas College.

Statement of cost · Southeast Arkansas College

Family income (per year)
Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
$22,405
What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
$19,038
Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
$19,038
In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2024
$5,200

Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.

Net price by family income

Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.

Yearly net price by family income, in dollars

under $30k: $19,038; $30–48k: not reported; $48–75k: not reported; $75–110k: not reported; over $110k: not reported. Shaded band: middle half of public 2-years, from $5,297 to $10,706; dotted line at the median, $7,702.
  • Shaded: the middle half of public 2-years (all incomes), $5,297 to $10,706. Dotted line: the median, $7,702.
  • Hollow mark: not reported for that bracket, not zero.
Table of the same numbers
Average yearly net price by family income bracket
Family incomePaid per year
Under $30k$19,038
$30k–$48knot reported
$48k–$75knot reported
$75k–$110knot reported
Over $110knot reported

College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)

What graduates earn and owe

Ten years after entry, the median federally aided student here earns $33,603; the median graduate who borrowed owes $8,600.

Statement, continued

Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$29,235
Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$29,703
Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
17th percentile among public 2-years
$33,603
Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
25th percentile among public 2-years
$8,600
Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
$6,186

Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.

Earnings after entry

The shaded band is the middle half of public 2-years at 10 years: $35,069 to $42,382.

6 yrs after entry: $29,235; 8 yrs after entry: $29,703; 10 yrs after entry: $33,603. Median graduate debt: $8,600. Shaded band: middle half of public 2-years at 10 years, from $35,069 to $42,382; dotted line at the median, $38,550.
  • Shaded: middle half of public 2-years, 10 years out ($35,069 to $42,382); dotted line is the median.
  • Dashed: median graduate debt, $8,600.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Hollow marks are rungs with no reported value, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Earnings after entry and graduate debt
MeasureDollars
Median earnings, 6 yrs after entry$29,235
Median earnings, 8 yrs after entry$29,703
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry$33,603
Median graduate debt$8,600

College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records

What programs pay

Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.

What programs pay at Southeast Arkansas College
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree72not reportednot reported
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma69not reported$10,496
Precision Metal WorkingUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma58not reportednot reported
Communication and Media StudiesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma49not reportednot reported
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma34not reported$13,553
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree27not reportednot reported
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma19not reportednot reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma15$61,730$9,500
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma14not reported$14,484
Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma14not reportednot reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree13not reportednot reported
Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma10not reportednot reported
Show all 20 programs
Remaining programs
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate's Degree10not reportednot reported
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree7not reportednot reported
Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate's Degree6not reportednot reported
Design and Applied ArtsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma6not reportednot reported
Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma5not reportednot reported
Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma5not reportednot reported
Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma5not reportednot reported
Ground TransportationUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma5not reportednot reported

Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Who goes here

Southeast Arkansas College: 851 undergraduates; 79% of students receive Pell grants; no admission rate is reported (common at open-admission schools).

Admission rate

No admission rate reported (common at open-admission schools)

Undergraduates

851

23rd percentile among public 2-years

Pell share

79%

of undergraduates receive Pell grants

99th percentile among public 2-years

Completion

28%

finish within 150% of normal time

20th percentile among public 2-years

First-generation

53%

parents did not attend college

Median family income

$17,448

21st percentile among public 2-years

Students by family income

Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.

  • Under $30k63%
  • $30k–$48k22%
  • $48k–$75knot reported
  • $75k–$110knot reported
  • Over $110knot reported
Show as a table
Students by family income
Family incomeShare of students
Under $30k63%
$30k–$48k22%
$48k–$75knot reported
$75k–$110knot reported
Over $110knot reported

Similar schools

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Sources & caveats

Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.

not reported
Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
Percentiles
A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
Earnings
Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.