Private nonprofit · College
Crowley's Ridge College
Paragould, Arkansas · Fringe rural
- —
- Admit rate
- $16,315
- Avg net price
- 36%
- Graduation rate
- $39,533
- Median earnings
Crowley's Ridge College is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Paragould, Arkansas (fringe rural setting), enrolling 165 undergraduates. It has a Churches of Christ religious affiliation.
About Paragould, Arkansas
Paragould is a city in and the county seat of Greene County, and the 15th-largest city in Arkansas, in the United States. Paramore's Texas & St. Louis Railway (later the Cotton Belt) and Gould's St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway (later the Missouri Pacific) intersected here in 1882. A group of citizens chose the name, and it is believed to be the only city in the world with this name. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Fringe rural
- Highest degree offered
- Bachelor's
- Nearest big city
- 70 miles to Memphis, TN
- To the ocean
- 393 miles
- Nearest airport
- 16 miles to Jonesboro (JBR)
How Crowley's Ridge College compares
Higher than 17% · #16 of 21 in Arkansas
Higher than 8%
Higher than 13% · #18 of 22 in Arkansas
Cheaper than 67% · #9 cheapest of 21 in Arkansas
Lower than 21%
Lower than 76%
Larger than 11%
Percentiles compare Crowley's Ridge College with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Arkansas.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women6539%
- Men10061%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White76%
- Black18%
- Hispanic3.6%
- Asian0.6%
- Other or multiracial1.8%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 165
- Student–faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 42%
- First-generation students
- 40%
- Students over 25
- 4%
- Median family income
- $47,685
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $55,215
- Endowment
- $1,691,754
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $16,670
- Room & board
- $8,500
- Total cost of attendance
- $27,340
- Average net price
- $16,315
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated (within 6 years)
- 36%
- Graduated on time (4 years)
- 23%
- First-year retention
- 54%
- Transferred to another college
- 38%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $33,362
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $39,533
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,228
- Students with federal loans
- 56%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 53%
About 13% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- Yes
- Dorm capacity
- 149
- Dorm capacity vs undergrads
- 90%
- Housing charge (year)
- $4,000
- Meal plan (year)
- $3,900
- Application fee
- Free
- Athletics
- NAIA Division I
- Varsity athletes
- 126 (72 men · 54 women)
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Varsity sports (6)
Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Four-year (or more) true cost
Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.
$12,707/year × about 4.6 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 100% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $5,256. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 54 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $39,533
- Typical debt at graduation
- $26,228
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 66%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 39%
Typical debt would take roughly 6.6 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $2,586 (7%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 90°F
- Winter low
- 28°F
- Annual rain
- 51.7″
- Annual snow
- 2.5″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Paragould 1S, AR US station (5.3 mi from campus).
What Crowley's Ridge College graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.