Emmaus Bible College
Private College in Dubuque, IA. Six-year graduation rate 79%. Median 10-year earnings $42,631.
Ten years after entry, the median Emmaus Bible College student earns $42,631 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 80% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Median debt at graduation is $15,750, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 79% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Selectivity is real here: only 60% of applicants are offered a place. Only 194 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. 64% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 12% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
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 | 570–690 | 9 (12%) |
| SAT Math | 550–630 | |
| ACT Composite | 21–30 | 33 (45%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Emmaus Bible College →Academics
A 80% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. 83% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Transfer-out runs to 15% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. A 8:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 187 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $15,028 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $11,199 at the $0–30k band to $23,888 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 90% of students receive it, averaging $16,696. Federal borrowing reaches 28% 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 · 52 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 | $11,199 |
| $30–48k | $10,179 |
| $48–75k | $10,844 |
| $75–110k | $11,741 |
| $110k+ | $23,888 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 53 of these 187 students, totalling $403,259 — an average of $7,609 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Dubuque 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)