Elim Bible College
Private College in Lima, NY. Six-year graduation rate 67%.
Completion is a strength: 67% of students finish within six years. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $10,247.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 100% of applicants are accepted. Only 37 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. A 70% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through.
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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 67% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. Retention of 75% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. A 7:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. At 98 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 94 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $10,057 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $5,256 at the $0–30k band to $19,130 at $110k+. About 82% get grants averaging $9,828, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing reaches 33% of students.
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 · 14 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 | $5,256 |
| $30–48k | $6,685 |
| $48–75k | $7,371 |
| $75–110k | $13,613 |
| $110k+ | $19,130 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 31 of these 94 students, totalling $159,222 — an average of $5,136 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Livingston County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Compliance Audit Late or Missing); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)