Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas

Overview

Rankings

• #9 Most Affordable Colleges in Arkansas
• #31 Best Online Colleges in Arkansas

Academics & Admissions

Is It Hard to Get Into Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas? Acceptance Rate & Requirements

Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas, located in De Queen, Arkansas, enrolls students across a range of programs. The graduation rate is roughly 51%.

Retention Rate

64%

Full-Time Faculty

51%

Faculty Salary (mo)

$5,412

Student–Faculty Ratio

17:1

Diversity Index

0.71

First-Gen Students

59%

Cost & Financial Aid

How Much Does It Cost to Attend Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas? Tuition, Net Price & Aid

Published tuition at Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas is $5,070, but few families pay that. The number to watch is net price, what students actually pay each year after federal grants and institutional scholarships. Here it averages about $4,385. Students from families earning under $30,000 typically pay closer to $3,452 after need-based grants.

In-State Tuition

$4,200

Out-of-State

$5,070

Avg Net Price

$4,385

Pell Grant Rate

32%

Federal Loan Rate

0%

Students Like You

Tell us a little about yourself to see what students like you have typically experienced at Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas — the net price for your income, your admission odds, and the outcomes that follow. These are patterns from federal data, not predictions.

Graduate Outcomes

Is Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas Worth It? Graduate Earnings & ROI

Ten years out, alumni of Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas report median earnings of $33,775, a figure worth comparing against the cost of attendance before enrolling.

6 Years After Entry

$30,249

8 Years

$32,694

10 Years

$33,775

Earning > $25K

37%

Social Mobility

Data: Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card · 30M+ anonymized tax records

Does Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas Drive Upward Mobility? Economic Mobility & Low-Income Outcomes

Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas is a genuine engine of upward mobility. Its mobility rate, the share of students who start in the bottom income quintile and climb to the top, is 2.95%, among the highest in the country. Access is a real strength here. Roughly 31.5% of students come from families in the bottom income quintile, a high share that gives low-income students a real foothold. Among bottom-quintile students who attend, roughly 9.4% go on to reach the top of the income ladder. The median family income of students sits near $40,800, a snapshot of the campus's socioeconomic mix.

Mobility Rate

2.95%

Bottom 20% → Top 20%

Success Rate

9.4%

If bottom 20% get in

From Bottom 20%

31.5%

Share of students

Parent Median Income

$55,433

today's $ (2015 cohort data)

Social Capital

Data: Opportunity Insights Social Capital Atlas

How Connected Is Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas? Social Capital & Cross-Class Networks

Social capital, the web of cross-class friendships that researchers link to long-run upward mobility, runs around the national average at Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas. Its economic connectedness score is 0.98, where about 1.0 is the national norm. Its friending bias is low (-0.05), a sign that students from different economic backgrounds actually mix rather than self-segregate. Around 6% of students take part in civic and volunteering activity.

Economic Connectedness

0.98

Cross-class friendships

Friending Bias

-0.05

Lower = more inclusive

Volunteering Rate

6.4%

Support Ratio

1.00

Community support

Institutional Finances

Data: NCES IPEDS

Endowment

$100,127

Federal Grants

$1,566,244

Investment Income

$65,631

Top Programs

The fields Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas awards the most degrees in, by share of completions. Where federal field-of-study data exists, we show what graduates in that major earned early in their careers. Each links to its degree guide — or see what someone with your income, scores, and major would pay and earn here in the Students Like You simulator.

• Humanities 25%
• Mechanic & Repair Tech 21%
• Precision Production 19% $32,415 early-career
• Health Professions 17% $66,496 early-career
• Education 6% $16,908 early-career
• Business & Marketing 4%
• Culinary & Personal Services 2%
• Computer Science & IT 1%

Early-career median earnings by major (typically 1–2 years after completion, bachelor's level where available), in today's dollars (CPI-adjusted). Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard field of study. Distinct from the school-wide 10-year median; suppressed for small programs.