Appalachian Bible College
Private College in Mount Hope, WV. Six-year graduation rate 72%. Median 10-year earnings $37,467.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $37,467, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is a strength: 72% of students finish within six years. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $11,000.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.29 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Appalachian Bible College accepts 78% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. The applicant pool is small at 99, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. Yield is high — 79% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate. The score bands below rest on the 36% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 470–583 | 20 (36%) |
| SAT Math | 408–523 | |
| ACT Composite | 21–23 | 17 (31%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 72% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 66% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. The 7:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. At 215 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 171 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $13,435 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $8,772 at $0–30k against $15,143 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Most students get help: 100% receive grants worth $16,093 on average. Only 23% 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 · 53 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 | $8,772 |
| $30–48k | $10,235 |
| $48–75k | $12,717 |
| $75–110k | $12,721 |
| $110k+ | $15,143 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 39 of these 171 students, totalling $200,032 — an average of $5,129 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Raleigh County) — 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)