Private nonprofit · University
Heritage Christian University
Florence, Alabama · Small city
- 90.0%
- Admit rate
- $15,426
- Avg net price
- 67%
- Graduation rate
- $42,597
- Median earnings
Heritage Christian University is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Florence, Alabama (small city setting), enrolling 75 undergraduates. It has a Churches of Christ religious affiliation.
Will you get in?
See where your numbers land against Heritage Christian University's admitted students.
- Admit rate
- 90.0%
- ACT (mid 50%)
- 18–19
- Avg GPA (est.)
- 2.94
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About Florence, Alabama
Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the state's northwestern corner. Evidence for human habitation in the Florence area goes back to at least 500 BCE, when the Florence Indian Mound, the largest of its type in the Tennessee Valley, was constructed as an earthwork during the Woodland period. Successive cultures arose after this. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Graduate
- Nearest big city
- 62 miles to Huntsville, AL
- To the ocean
- 285 miles
- Nearest airport
- 8 miles to Northwest Alabama (MSL)
How Heritage Christian University compares
More selective than 24% · #21 most selective of 24 in Alabama
Higher than 10%
Higher than 72% · #5 of 29 in Alabama
Higher than 1%
Higher than 18% · #20 of 30 in Alabama
Cheaper than 71% · #8 cheapest of 27 in Alabama
Lower than 89%
Larger than 6%
Percentiles compare Heritage Christian University with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Alabama.
Student body
Undergraduate vs. graduate
- Undergraduate7547%
- Graduate8553%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White85%
- Black6.7%
- Hispanic6.7%
- Other or multiracial1.3%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 75
- Graduate enrollment
- 85
- Student–faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 36%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 53%
- Median family income
- $36,524
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $50,058
- Endowment
- $15,830,314
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Admissions
- Admission rate
- 90.0%
- Test scores
- Required
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
- —
- SAT average
- 1020
- SAT reading
- —
- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- 18–19
- Average GPA (estimated)
- 2.94
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $11,982
- Room & board
- $7,561
- Books & supplies
- $1,600
- Total cost of attendance
- $20,909
- Average net price
- $15,426
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)
- 67%
- Graduated on time (4 years)
- 33%
- First-year retention
- 0%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $42,597
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 9%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 44%
About 33% 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
- 31
- Dorm capacity vs undergrads
- 41%
- Housing charge (year)
- $4,000
- Application fee
- $35
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%.
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.
$15,020/year × about 4.8 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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 89°F
- Winter low
- 31°F
- Annual rain
- 57.6″
- Annual snow
- 0.6″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Muscle Shoals 2 N, AL US station (5.9 mi from campus).
What Heritage Christian University 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.
Colleges similar to Heritage Christian University
Schools with a comparable profile — size, selectivity, cost, and graduate outcomes. Compare Heritage Christian University side by side →
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Boise, Idaho · Large suburb · 5 mi to Boise
- Students
- 93
- Admission
- 90%
- Net price
- $15k
- SAT
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- GPA
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- Earnings
- $33k
Calvary University
Kansas City, Missouri · Large city · 18 mi to Kansas City
- Students
- 154
- Admission
- 72%
- Net price
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- SAT
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- GPA
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- Earnings
- $45k
Manhattan Christian College
Manhattan, Kansas · Small city · 107 mi to Kansas City
- Students
- 146
- Admission
- 100%
- Net price
- $24k
- SAT
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- GPA
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- Earnings
- $49k
Appalachian Bible College
Mount Hope, West Virginia · Small suburb · 42 mi to Charleston
- Students
- 193
- Admission
- 78%
- Net price
- $12k
- SAT
- 1039
- GPA
- 3.0
- Earnings
- $37k
Williams Baptist University
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas · Distant rural · 84 mi to Memphis
- Students
- 478
- Admission
- 83%
- Net price
- $16k
- SAT
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- GPA
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- Earnings
- $38k
Salem College
Winston-Salem, North Carolina · Large city · 1 mi to Winston-Salem
- Students
- 423
- Admission
- 77%
- Net price
- $18k
- SAT
- 1082
- GPA
- 3.1
- Earnings
- $45k
Colleges near Heritage Christian University
University of North Alabama
Florence, AL · Public · Bachelor's · 5,811 students
Northwest Shoals Community College
Muscle Shoals, AL · Public · Certificate · 1,969 students
Lawrenceburg Technical College
Lawrenceburg, TN · Private for-profit · Certificate · 128 students
Athens State University
Athens, AL · Public · Bachelor's · 2,446 students
The University of Tennessee Southern
Pulaski, TN · Public · Bachelor's · 864 students
John C Calhoun State Community College
Tanner, AL · Public · Certificate · 7,070 students
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Pulaski
Pulaski, TN · Public · Certificate · 246 students
Tennessee College of Applied Technology Crump
Crump, TN · Public · Certificate · 388 students
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.













