Providence Christian College
Private College in Pasadena, CA. Six-year graduation rate 20%. Median 10-year earnings $46,264.
Ten years after entry, the median Providence Christian College student earns $46,264 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Completion is the weak point: 20% graduate within six years. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $25,000, 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
- ! Graduation rate 20% — below national average
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 100%, Providence Christian College takes nearly everyone who applies. With 55 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. A 60% 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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Only 20% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential. Retention of 79% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 30% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. A 17:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 144 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $27,422 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $23,481 at $0–30k against $28,102 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Most students get help: 100% receive grants worth $30,363 on average. Federal borrowing reaches 54% 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 · 28 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 | $23,481 |
| $30–48k | $19,669 |
| $48–75k | $40,748 |
| $75–110k | $24,574 |
| $110k+ | $28,102 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 78 of these 144 students, totalling $799,615 — an average of $10,251 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Los Angeles County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Probation (Significantly out of compliance - fiscal and administrative capacity), Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School has an accreditation issue; School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)