Southern Arkansas University Main Campus
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 17.4-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 112 Title IV programs, 22 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 89 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing22 · 19.6%
- No Data89 · 79.5%
- Failing1 · 0.9%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 4
Action history · 4
- Feb 2023Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
- Sep 2019Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (NUR) - Baccalaureate program
- Mar 2018Grant Substantive Change: OtherAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (NUR) - Baccalaureate program
- Aug 2014Change in Agency recognitionNational Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation · Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,557 students received $9.2M in Pell grants, alongside $15.0M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1,004 borrowers who entered repayment, 65 (6.4%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Saumag
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 9
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus8
Includes 2 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Saumag vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Saumag selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSouthern Arkansas University Main Campus | 49% | — | 4,732 | $14,027 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
| 17% | — | 5,646 | $8,370 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 44% | 95.9% | 8,746 | $12,970 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 36% | 44.9% | 5,150 | $19,809 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 33% | 91.6% | 5,217 | $13,224 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 57% | 79.3% | 4,894 | $15,343 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| Peer group median | 40% | 85.4% | 5,184 | $13,626 |
Institutions like Saumag
Explore the federal data for institutions in Saumag's comparison group.
- Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsArkansas
University of Arkansas Grantham
Grad rate17%Admit rate—Enrollment5,646Net price$8,370View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsArkansas
Arkansas Tech University
Grad rate44%Admit rate95.9%Enrollment8,746Net price$12,970View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsLouisiana
Grambling State University
Grad rate36%Admit rate44.9%Enrollment5,150Net price$19,809View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsAlabama
Auburn University at Montgomery
Grad rate33%Admit rate91.6%Enrollment5,217Net price$13,224View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsSouth Carolina
Winthrop University
Grad rate57%Admit rate79.3%Enrollment4,894Net price$15,343View data
Saumag Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The purpose of the Office of Institutional Research at Southern Arkansas University is to create decision support that helps SAU fulfill its mission to educate students for productive and fulfilling lives, as well as provide accurate statistical information for dissemination to the public while maintaining the highest professional standards of accuracy, objectivity, and timeliness.
Visit IR office page- Christine Pacheco, Ph.D.Assistant Provost for Institutional Research
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