Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Arlington Baptist University

Arlington, TX · 1 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$244,004 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

At these assumptions, the estimated earnings premium does not recover the modeled economic investment within ten years.

78.5 yrsModeled economic break-even
−87%Modeled 10-year ROI
$48,562Observed earnings · year 5
Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK

Estimated payoff over ten years.

The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.

10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$244,004at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$279,6240
2
4
6
8
−$244,00410
Years after graduationBreak-even: 78.5 years
FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuition$20,830
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$20,830
Sticker price
Average net price$24,906
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$33,424
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE

Institution details

Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.

Accreditor
Association for Biblical Higher Education
Main award level
Bachelor’s degrees
Campus setting
City
Admissions
Open admission
Delivery
Campus or mixed delivery
Federal designation
No special designation reported
Sources: College Scorecard June 2026 release and IPEDS 2024 institutional characteristics.
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$24,906Average net price / year
$33,424Cost of attendance
$27,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$286/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$48,562Median earnings · year 5 after completion
19.4%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
284Student size

Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.

PRICE BY FAMILY INCOME

Average net price is not one price

Federal averages for aided students in each family-income band. Your aid offer can differ.

$0–30k$21,759
$30–48k$21,518
$48–75k$26,892
$75–110k$28,642
$110k+$25,941
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$48,562
Year 6$32,206
Year 10$44,644
Full-time retention
41.2%
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
23.8%

Earnings timepoints may use different historical cohorts and should not be read as one group’s guaranteed salary growth.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

58thEarnings percentile
4thCompletion percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$32,899Year 1
$48,934Year 4
$48,562Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesBachelor's DegreeNot available$31,000Not reported

Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.