College · Private nonprofit · Mount Hope, WV · Suburb
Appalachian Bible College
Mount Hope, WV
Religious affiliation
Admit rate78%
6-yr median pay$29k
Net price / yr$12k
Undergrad size193
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $12k/yr for a shot at a $29k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 78% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1039 · ACT 23.
If you get in
193 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $31k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $12k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$126k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$46k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$79k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $18.8k
- Room & board
- $9.4k
- Books & supplies
- $1,368
How students pay for it.
Pell grants42%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans18%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$11k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention73%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr71%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$29k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$37k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 193
- Location
- Mount Hope, WV
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Associate's Dominant
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Association for Biblical Higher Education
- Also known as
- ABC
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White89%
- International4%
- Black3%
- Hispanic2%
- Asian2%
- Unknown1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
- Two or more races1%
Part-time5%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$42k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 1
What you can study.