Alaska Bible College
Private College in Palmer, AK. Six-year graduation rate 33%.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 33% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 33% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. 100% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. At 5:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 36 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $16,045 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($17,508 versus $20,012), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 92% of students get grant aid averaging $7,085, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Only 11% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 2 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $17,508 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | $8,175 |
| $75–110k | $20,012 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 4 of these 36 students, totalling $22,591 — an average of $5,648 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Matanuska-Susitna Borough) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)