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Williams Baptist University

Williams Baptist University is based in the town of Walnut Ridge, AR — a private campus in a small-town setting. The school reports a Southern Baptist affiliation in its federal filings.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$13,498

family income
under $30k

$16,882

$30–48k

$14,728

$48–75k

$18,651

$75–110k

$18,456

over $110k

These figures don't always rise with income — aid formulas can make a higher bracket cheaper.

Average net price

$15,7452023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Williams Baptist University rose from $10,463 (2008) to $15,745 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$10,463
2009	$11,637
2010	$9,439
2011	$10,690
2012	$11,326
2013	$13,239
2014	$14,731
2015	$15,882
2016	$15,645
2017	$18,001
2018	$18,444
2019	$16,548
2020	$15,664
2021	$10,748
2022	$15,875
2023	$15,745

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$33,5972024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Williams Baptist University rose from $18,965 (2009) to $33,597 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$18,965
2010	$20,059
2011	$20,545
2012	$21,702
2013	$22,330
2014	$23,161
2015	$24,697
2016	$26,649
2017	$28,274
2018	$28,424
2019	$28,664
2020	$30,063
2021	$31,252
2022	$30,718
2023	$32,222
2024	$33,597

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$6,890
2001	$6,900
2002	$7,650
2003	$8,120
2004	$8,600
2005	$9,250
2006	$9,850
2007	$10,370
2008	$10,950
2013	$13,750
2014	$14,360
2015	$16,430
2016	$17,320
2017	$17,320
2018	$17,320
2019	$18,060
2020	$18,500
2021	$18,570
2022	$19,450
2023	$20,330

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Reported tuition is $21,070 before grants and other attendance costs. At Williams Baptist University, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Enrollment sits at 478 — Williams Baptist University is one of the smaller campuses on this site.

25.6% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Williams Baptist University within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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25.6%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Williams Baptist University rose from 20.9% (entered 1993) to 25.6% (entered 2018).

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1993 cohort	20.9%
1994 cohort	37.2%
1995 cohort	24.7%
1996 cohort	40.2%
1997 cohort	46.4%
1998 cohort	42.3%
1999 cohort	35.1%
2000 cohort	45.9%
2001 cohort	32.9%
2002 cohort	38.4%
2003 cohort	57.4%
2004 cohort	45.1%
2005 cohort	35.7%
2006 cohort	43%
2007 cohort	39.9%
2008 cohort	40.6%
2009 cohort	42.2%
2010 cohort	35.2%
2011 cohort	42.2%
2012 cohort	38.1%
2013 cohort	39.1%
2014 cohort	37.8%
2015 cohort	31.8%
2016 cohort	45%
2017 cohort	35.9%
2018 cohort	25.6%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1993–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$11,406	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$11,624	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$14,825	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$15,052	$2,624
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$13,750	$2,624
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$13,475	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$13,700	$2,750
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$14,500	$2,624
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$15,374	$2,624
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$16,500	$2,750
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$16,593	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$16,593	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$17,507	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$18,124	$5,725
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$19,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$20,017	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$19,500	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$19,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$19,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$19,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$20,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$21,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$21,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$21,820	$5,500

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$38,067

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$38,828

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$38,484

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Williams Baptist University admitted 508 of 609 applicants in Fall 2024. The 83.4% rate describes that application pool.

83.4%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $20,330 tuition · 2023–24 478 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Williams Baptist University received 609 applications and admitted 508 (83.4%), with 147 enrolling.

Williams Baptist University: scores were considered but optional in the Fall 2024 admissions cycle.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
ACT Composite	16	18	21

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

Acceptance rate

83.4%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	73.9%
Fall 2002	69.4%
Fall 2003	70%
Fall 2004	71.6%
Fall 2005	64.7%
Fall 2006	86.3%
Fall 2007	64.3%
Fall 2008	61.9%
Fall 2009	64.2%
Fall 2010	66.8%
Fall 2011	58.5%
Fall 2012	62.6%
Fall 2013	68%
Fall 2014	70.5%
Fall 2015	63.7%
Fall 2016	60.5%
Fall 2017	62.4%
Fall 2018	56.4%
Fall 2019	58.8%
Fall 2020	69.3%
Fall 2021	64.1%
Fall 2022	59.3%
Fall 2023	58.9%
Fall 2024	83.4%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

920–1058Fall 2023 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2004	840	1050
Fall 2013	760	940
Fall 2014	830	1010
Fall 2018	920	1120
Fall 2019	950	990
Fall 2020	960	1330
Fall 2021	835	1110
Fall 2022	960	1170
Fall 2023	920	1058

IPEDS Fall 2004–2023, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

16–21Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	18	24
Fall 2002	19	23
Fall 2003	18	24
Fall 2004	19	24
Fall 2005	19	24
Fall 2006	19	24
Fall 2007	19	23
Fall 2008	19	23
Fall 2009	19	24
Fall 2010	19	24
Fall 2011	19	24
Fall 2012	19	25
Fall 2013	19	24
Fall 2014	19	23
Fall 2015	19	24
Fall 2016	18	23
Fall 2017	18	22
Fall 2018	17	22
Fall 2019	18	23
Fall 2020	18	24
Fall 2021	19	24
Fall 2022	18	24
Fall 2023	16	22
Fall 2024	16	21

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

478Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Williams Baptist University fell from 612 (Fall 2002) to 478 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	612
Fall 2003	528
Fall 2004	536
Fall 2005	513
Fall 2006	527
Fall 2007	505
Fall 2008	487
Fall 2009	509
Fall 2010	563
Fall 2011	541
Fall 2012	509
Fall 2013	501
Fall 2014	508
Fall 2015	490
Fall 2016	434
Fall 2017	452
Fall 2018	460
Fall 2019	512
Fall 2020	580
Fall 2021	593
Fall 2022	556
Fall 2023	490
Fall 2024	478

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

70%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Williams Baptist University fell from 69% (Fall 2003) to 53% (Fall 2019).

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2003 cohort	69%
Fall 2004 cohort	57%
Fall 2005 cohort	59%
Fall 2006 cohort	41%
Fall 2007 cohort	61%
Fall 2008 cohort	64%
Fall 2009 cohort	60%
Fall 2010 cohort	55%
Fall 2011 cohort	58%
Fall 2012 cohort	59%
Fall 2013 cohort	58%
Fall 2014 cohort	59%
Fall 2015 cohort	49%
Fall 2016 cohort	70%
Fall 2017 cohort	52%
Fall 2018 cohort	49%
Fall 2019 cohort	53%
Fall 2020 cohort	—
Fall 2021 cohort	58%
Fall 2022 cohort	50%
Fall 2023 cohort	70%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2003–2023

More about Williams Baptist University

54.4% of Williams Baptist University's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Williams Baptist University as a primarily residential campus of 478 undergraduates — and 70.2% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Incoming students who submitted scores typically landed between 16 and 21 on the ACT composite. Put your own practice estimate on Williams Baptist University's range with the ACT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Williams Baptist University compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Williams Baptist University83.4%

Arkansas median70.5%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Williams Baptist University$21,070

Arkansas median$13,467

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Williams Baptist University's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Williams Baptist University$38,484

Arkansas median$44,308

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Williams Baptist University, Arkansas and national reference values
Metric & basis	Williams Baptist University	Arkansas median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	83.4%	70.5%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$21,070	$13,467	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$38,484	$44,308	$53,781

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Williams Baptist University report?

The middle 50% of Williams Baptist University's enrolled Fall 2024 submitters reported ACT composites of 16–21; this dataset does not provide a GPA requirement.

What is Williams Baptist University's acceptance rate?

83.4% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 508 admitted from 609 applicants.

How much does Williams Baptist University cost?

At Williams Baptist University, tuition is $21,070. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Williams Baptist University report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $38,484. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Arkansas

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus — 75.3% admitted
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith — 80.5% admitted
Ouachita Baptist University — 67.5% admitted
John Brown University — 76.1% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Read the date and population definitions.