Trinity Bible
College and Graduate School
Private College in Ellendale, ND. Six-year graduation rate 48%. Median 10-year earnings $35,604.
Students who entered Trinity Bible College and Graduate School reach a median of $35,604 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 48%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $22,531, 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
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.63 — elevated (above 0.60)
Admissions
Trinity Bible College and Graduate School admits 26% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly three in four applicants are turned away. The applicant pool is small at 167, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. 77% 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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Completion is middling: 48% finish inside six years. Retention of 63% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. Transfer-out runs to 19% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. A 9:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 138 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $19,720 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($19,123 versus $23,003), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid is widespread — 95% of students receive it, averaging $13,130. Borrowing is widespread: 66% 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 · 41 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 | $19,123 |
| $30–48k | $19,825 |
| $48–75k | $16,755 |
| $75–110k | $22,294 |
| $110k+ | $23,003 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 91 of these 138 students, totalling $578,321 — an average of $6,355 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Dickey 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)