Southern Arkansas University Tech
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 15.1-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 42 Title IV programs, 3 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 2 fail. 37 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing3 · 7.1%
- No Data37 · 88.1%
- Failing2 · 4.8%
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
Action history · 1
- Jun 2020Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
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, 456 students received $2.6M in Pell grants, alongside $735K 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 185 borrowers who entered repayment, 7 (3.7%) 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 Sautech
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 · 3
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 campus1
Includes 1 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.
Sautech vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Sautech 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 Tech | 62% | — | 991 | $9,018 | Community College |
| — | — | 1,315 | $8,847 | Community College | |
| — | — | 1,187 | $6,005 | Community College | |
| — | — | 1,520 | $8,083 | Community College | |
| — | — | 1,525 | $5,329 | Community College | |
| — | — | 1,397 | $0 | Community College | |
| Peer group median | 62% | — | 1,356 | $7,044 |
Institutions like Sautech
Explore the federal data for institutions in Sautech's comparison group.
- Community CollegeArkansas
Arkansas State University-Mountain Home
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,315Net price$8,847View data - Community CollegeAlabama
J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,187Net price$6,005View data - Community CollegeWest Virginia
Mountwest Community and Technical College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,520Net price$8,083View data - Community CollegeWest Virginia
West Virginia Northern Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,525Net price$5,329View data - Community CollegeNorth Carolina
Edgecombe Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,397Net price$0View data
Sautech Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The mission of the Institutional Effectiveness & Research department is to provide leadership and support for planning, assessment, research, and continuous improvement at SAU Tech.
Visit IR office page- Rita GivensDirector of Institutional Effectiveness & Research
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