Lancaster Bible College
Private College in Lancaster, PA. Six-year graduation rate 68%. Median 10-year earnings $44,096.
Students who entered Lancaster Bible College land at a median of $44,096 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate of 68% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $20,500, 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
- ! Mobility score 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
At 56%, the acceptance rate makes Lancaster Bible College a school worth applying to with alternatives in hand. 1,732 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. About 34% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. 17% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
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 | 530–665 | 37 (17%) |
| SAT Math | 540–615 | |
| ACT Composite | — | 2 (1%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 68% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. Retention of 79% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. 13% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. A 19:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. 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 1,511 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $25,940 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $24,486 at $0–30k against $29,957 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 83% get grants averaging $12,527, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Borrowing is widespread: 58% take federal loans.
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 · 177 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 | $24,486 |
| $30–48k | $22,017 |
| $48–75k | $23,904 |
| $75–110k | $24,034 |
| $110k+ | $29,957 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 873 of these 1,511 students, totalling $6,018,693 — an average of $6,894 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lancaster 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)