Grace Christian University
Private College in Wyoming, MI. Six-year graduation rate 53%. Median 10-year earnings $41,663.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $41,663, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 53%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $24,375, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
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
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 99% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool is small at 239, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. 44% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards.
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 sits at 53%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 65% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 15:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. 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 707 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $13,275 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 $9,538 at the $0–30k band to $20,834 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 79% of students at an average of $7,611. 68% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 69 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 | $9,538 |
| $30–48k | $10,935 |
| $48–75k | $10,037 |
| $75–110k | $12,379 |
| $110k+ | $20,834 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 483 of these 707 students, totalling $3,598,031 — an average of $7,449 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Kent 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)