Private nonprofit · University

Heritage Christian University

Florence, Alabama · Small city

#5 graduation rate in Alabama
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.

Private nonprofitSmall · 75 undergradsSmall cityAccessible · 90% admitCold winters

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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A guide, not a prediction. It compares your numbers with the middle 50% of admitted students and Heritage Christian University's overall admit rate — it can't see essays, recommendations, activities, or your intended major, which all move real decisions.

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
To the ocean
285 miles
Nearest airport
8 miles to Northwest Alabama (MSL)

How Heritage Christian University compares

Selectivity90.0%

More selective than 24% · #21 most selective of 24 in Alabama

SAT average1020

Higher than 10%

Graduation rate67%

Higher than 72% · #5 of 29 in Alabama

First-year retention0%

Higher than 1%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$42,597

Higher than 18% · #20 of 30 in Alabama

Average net price$15,426

Cheaper than 71% · #8 cheapest of 27 in Alabama

Student–faculty ratio8 : 1

Lower than 89%

Undergraduate enrollment75

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

160students
  • 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.

< $30k
$30–48k
$15,833
$48–75k
$15,020
$75–110k
$110k+

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.

Est. total to a degree
$71,347

$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

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.03.05.9JFMAMJJASOND

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.

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Colleges near Heritage Christian University

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.