College · Private nonprofit · Boise, ID · Suburb
Boise Bible College
Boise, ID
Religious affiliation
Admit rate90%
6-yr median pay$33k
Net price / yr$15k
Undergrad size93
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $15k/yr for a shot at a $33k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 90% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1040 · ACT 21.
If you get in
93 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 $23k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $15k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$93k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$60k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$33k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $11.8k
- Room & board
- $9.0k
- Books & supplies
- $500
How students pay for it.
Pell grants49%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans41%
Share taking out federal student loans.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention60%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr32%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$33k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$33k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out11%
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
- 93
- Location
- Boise, ID
- Region
- Rocky Mountains (CO, ID, MT, UT, WY)
- 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
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White92%
- Black2%
- International2%
- Hispanic1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
- Two or more races1%
Part-time19%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$46k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 8
What you can study.