Bob Jones University
Private College in Greenville, SC. Six-year graduation rate 66%. Median 10-year earnings $44,354.
Students who entered Bob Jones University land at a median of $44,354 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Completion is a strength: 66% of students finish within six years. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $16,585, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 66% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention is strong at 82%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 28% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. The 11:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,209 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $19,624 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The income table below is the number that matters — $14,287 at $0–30k versus $23,972 at $110k+. Most students get help: 94% receive grants worth $16,028 on average. 27% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 539 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 | $14,287 |
| $30–48k | $13,936 |
| $48–75k | $15,414 |
| $75–110k | $17,997 |
| $110k+ | $23,972 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 589 of these 2,209 students, totalling $3,412,506 — an average of $5,794 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Greenville 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)