10-yr median earnings
$42,597
Federal aid recipients only
Private Nonprofit · Florence, Alabama
Heritage Christian University
Heritage Christian University is a private nonprofit institution in Florence, Alabama. as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.
- $42,597
- 10-yr median earnings
- 90.0%
- Acceptance rate
- $15,426
- Avg net price / yr
The verdict
Heritage Christian University pairs above-median former-student earnings with open admission.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- Top 45%
- former-student earnings, US
- 90.0%
- acceptance rate
City: Small
Carnegie: Special Focus (4yr)
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Heritage Christian University profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
C
College Value Score
55/100
Heritage Christian University
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings C-
$42,597
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price C
$15,426
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate N/A
N/A
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$15,426
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
Not reported
Full-time, first-time cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Heritage Christian University vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Heritage Christian University ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Heritage Christian University: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$42,597 Top 45% higher than 55% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Heritage Christian University | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $42,597 | #2289 of 5103 | 55th |
| Average net price | $15,426 | #2177 of 5020 | 57th (lower is better) |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 75 | #4614 of 5462 | 16th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
75
Undergraduate enrollment
90.0%
Acceptance rate
1,020
SAT average
-
150%-time completion
$42,597
10-yr median earnings
0.0%
First-year retention
How Heritage Christian University ranks in Alabama
State rank among 69 reporting Alabama colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Heritage Christian University | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $42,597 | #25 of 69 | 64th |
| Average net price | $15,426 | #34 of 65 | 48th (lower is better) |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 75 | #66 of 73 | 10th |
Highest former-student earnings in Alabama
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jersey College - Dothan | $66,087 | - |
| 2 | Auburn University | $65,337 | $24,323 |
| 3 | Columbia Southern University | $63,534 | $14,580 |
| 4 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | $61,767 | $18,796 |
| 5 | Marion Military Institute | $59,644 | $8,627 |
| 6 | The University of Alabama | $59,221 | $22,420 |
| 7 | Samford University | $58,469 | $32,622 |
| 8 | United States Sports University | $55,257 | $24,076 |
| 9 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | $54,501 | $18,749 |
| 10 | Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound | $52,669 | - |
| 11 | Spring Hill College | $51,500 | $20,449 |
| 12 | Athens State University | $50,273 | - |
| 25 | Heritage Christian UniversityThis school | $42,597 | $15,426 |
Admissions
| Admission Rate | 90.0% |
| SAT Average | 1,020 |
| ACT (25th-75th) | 18 – 19 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition & Net Price
| In-State Tuition | $11,982 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $11,982 |
| Average Net Price | $15,426 |
Net Price by Family Income
| $30,001 – $48,000 | $15,833 |
| $48,001 – $75,000 | $15,020 |
35.7%
Pell Grant Rate
8.6%
Federal Loan Rate
Heritage Christian University costs less today than it did in 2013
Average net price fell from $9,346 to $5,020 (-46.3%) between 2013 and 2022, before any inflation adjustment, which makes the real-terms fall larger still. Most colleges moved the other way: the median change across the 49 schools measured over the same span was +25.7%.
7 reported years (years the source did not report are left as gaps). Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $9,3462022 · $5,020
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2022). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
Outcomes
0.0%
Retention Rate
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| First-year retention | First-time, full-time freshmen | 0.0% |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $42,597 |
Programs & Earnings
No program-level earnings data available for this school.
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Similar Reported Net Price
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$15,464 net price · $38 apart
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$15,488 net price · $62 apart
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the acceptance rate at Heritage Christian University? ▼
Heritage Christian University is a private nonprofit institution in Florence, Alabama. The acceptance rate is 90.0%. The average SAT score is 1,020. Undergraduate enrollment is 75 students.
How much do Heritage Christian University former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Heritage Christian University who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $42,597 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates.
How much does Heritage Christian University cost? ▼
The average net price at Heritage Christian University is $15,426. In-state tuition is $11,982 and out-of-state tuition is $11,982.
Sources & methodology
Private-nonprofit profiles emphasize Scorecard cost-after-aid and completion alongside IPEDS Carnegie class. Endowment, gifts, and sticker price are not Scorecard fields on this page.
Figures are the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrievals. Nonprofit campuses vary widely in aid practice — net price here is the Title-IV-recipient cohort average, not an individual award letter. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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Nonprofit Scorecard medians describe federal-aid recipients who were working and not enrolled — they are not sticker-price ROI and not advice.
Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private-nonprofit profiles compile Scorecard net-price and earnings cohorts with IPEDS structure fields — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.