- The Inkwell
- Alabama
- Heritage Christian University
Florence, ALCity: smallZIP 35630Founded 1971
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1971
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: faith-related
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1981
- Website
- www.hcu.edu
AlabamaReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Heritage Christian University
Heritage Christian University is a private nonprofit faith-based college in Florence, Alabama, with 75 undergraduates. It admits 90% of applicants and costs $18,974 a year after aid.
—graduate
Admission rate90%
Retention0%
Pell Grant share40%
Federal loans5.4%
$18,974net price / year
90%admission rate
1020average SAT
—graduate in 6 years
$47,059median earnings, 10 yrs
—median debt
#1,390 of 1,704 for earnings#794 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,190 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $28,765tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $12,710
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $12,710
- Average net price
- $18,974national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$15,466
$30,001–48,000—
$48,001–75,000$18,190
$75,001–110,000$23,266
$110,001+—
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 90%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1020
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 18–19
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college90%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college0%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Pell share · this college40%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- —within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- —
- First-year retention
- 0%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 40%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $47,059middle 50%: $35,247–—
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Median, Heritage Christian University$47,059
Lower quarter$35,247
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 75
- Part-time
- 60%
- Women / men
- 13% / 87%
- Average age at entry
- 28.7
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 40%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 100%
- Average faculty salary
- $5,562 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $8,836
- Endowment, end of year
- $15,830,314
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White85%
Hispanic6.7%
Black6.7%
U.S. nonresident1.3%
1 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Theology & religious vocations100%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 101453. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q5738742.