Arkansas Baptist College
Arkansas Baptist College at a Glance
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About Arkansas Baptist College
According to Wikipedia, Arkansas Baptist College is a private Baptist-affiliated historically black college in Little Rock, Arkansas. Founded in 1884 as the Minister's Institute, ABC was initially funded by the Colored Baptists of the State of Arkansas. It is the only historically black Baptist school west of the Mississippi River. The Main Building on its campus, built in 1893, is one of the oldest surviving academic buildings in the state, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Arkansas Baptist College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information
| Retention Rate | Graduation Rate |
|---|---|
| 23% | 7% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.
How Much Does Arkansas Baptist College Cost To Attend?
| Tuition and fees (in-state) |
|---|
| $8,760 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.
How Much Do Arkansas Baptist College Graduates Make?
Ten years after starting college, former Arkansas Baptist College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $35,793 a year, and 84% of those not still in school are working.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.
Arkansas Baptist College's Demographics
Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.
| Student Body | Under-Grads |
|---|---|
| 522 | 522 |
Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.
Where is Arkansas Baptist College?
Arkansas Baptist College is located at 1600 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Little Rock, AR 72202-6068.
How Safe is Arkansas Baptist College?
Like every college that receives federal student aid, Arkansas Baptist College publishes an annual security report with its campus crime statistics and safety policies. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.
Relative to its enrollment, Arkansas Baptist College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of 0.29%. Little Rock has a violent crime rate of 1.67% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 5.25%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.
What Is Arkansas Baptist College Known For?
Arkansas Baptist College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:
Arkansas Baptist College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered
Each rank compares how much Arkansas Baptist College's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence
Arkansas Baptist College ranks #1698 in the U.S. and #7699 worldwide for influence in Religious Studies.
religious-studies-hub DegreesArkansas Baptist College ranks #2112 in the U.S. and #5647 worldwide for influence in Social Work.
social-work DegreesArkansas Baptist College ranks #2600 in the U.S. and #9630 worldwide for influence in Education.
education DegreesArkansas Baptist College ranks #2617 in the U.S. and #10989 worldwide for influence in Political Science.
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