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Arkansas State University-Mountain Home

Mountain Home, Arkansas · Public community college

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44%completion rate · Arkansas avg 57%
$10,500median debt of graduates
$34,640median earnings, 6 yrs after entry
$34,238median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
not reportedannual cost of attendance
Yesfederal aid (FAFSA / Pell) eligible
Accreditation: American Board of Funeral Service Education, Committee on Accreditation | Higher Learning Commission (Accredited)
Address: 1600 South College Street, Mountain Home, AR 72653 · Phone: (870) 508-6100 · School website ↗ · Verify on College Scorecard ↗
Accountability record (federal accreditation database, last 36 months; Department of Education oversight)
Sanction on record, not yet lifted — Apr 2026 · Other · American Board of Funeral Service Education; Oct 2025 · Renewal of Accreditation.
Sanctions are probation, warning, show-cause and loss-of-accreditation actions by any recognized accreditor, including program-specific accreditors (a nursing-program probation counts for the campus). Routine monitoring reviews and voluntary withdrawals are not counted. Ask the school what the action concerned and how it was resolved.
Completion rate vs. benchmarks
Arkansas State Univer… Arkansas State Univer…: 44.1% 44.1% Arkansas average Arkansas average: 57.3% 57.3% National average National average: 62.1% 62.1%

What these trades pay once you're working

OccupationStarting (10th pct)MedianExperienced (75th)
Nursing assistants$28,840$34,430$36,070
Welders, cutters, solderers and brazers$37,380$47,970$55,280
Emergency medical technicians$28,370$36,230$41,670
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses$44,670$56,620$61,220
Phlebotomists$30,870$37,450$42,180
Medical records specialists$33,920$41,740$51,440
Automotive service technicians and mechanics$30,320$44,160$57,910
Machinists$37,760$51,140$61,380

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wages for everyone employed in the occupation in Arkansas (May 2025; national where the state figure is not published). The program table below shows what this campus's own graduates earned in their first year, whatever job they took.

Trade programs at this campus

ProgramCredentialGrads / yrEarnings, yr 1Earnings, yr 2Median debt
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Certificate, under 300 hours 66 $24,761 not reported $15,437
Precision Metal Working Certificate, 300–899 hours 37 not reported not reported not reported
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Certificate, 1–2 years 26 $24,761 not reported $15,437
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions Certificate, under 300 hours 25 not reported not reported not reported
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions Certificate, under 300 hours 18 not reported not reported not reported
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians Certificate, 300–899 hours 12 not reported not reported not reported
Health and Medical Administrative Services Certificate, 300–899 hours 9 not reported not reported not reported
Health and Medical Administrative Services Certificate, 1–2 years 7 not reported not reported not reported
Precision Metal Working Certificate, 1–2 years 7 not reported not reported not reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions Certificate, 1–2 years 5 not reported not reported not reported
Precision Metal Working Associate degree 4 not reported not reported not reported
Precision Metal Working Certificate, 1–2 years 4 not reported not reported not reported
Precision Metal Working Certificate, 300–899 hours 2 not reported not reported not reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions Certificate, 300–899 hours 1 not reported not reported not reported
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians Certificate, 1–2 years 1 not reported not reported not reported

Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.

Graduates per year from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey. Earnings and debt are College Scorecard field-of-study medians for graduates of this program at this campus (reported at the 4-digit program level, so closely related programs share a figure); "not reported" means too few graduates were counted to publish a figure.

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Data: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026. Figures are the U.S. Department of Education's official measures, not Career Training Path's opinion. Tuition, schedules and program availability change — confirm with the school before enrolling.

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