College · Private nonprofit · Fayetteville, NC · City
Carolina College of Biblical Studies
Fayetteville, NC
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$34k
Net price / yr$21k
Undergrad size159
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $21k/yr for a shot at a $34k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
159 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $24k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $21k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$97k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$85k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$12k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.5x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $6.9k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants53%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans31%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$26k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention50%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr0%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$34k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$25k
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
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 159
- Location
- Fayetteville, NC
- 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 · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · higher part-time
- Accreditor
- Association for Biblical Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black43%
- White39%
- Hispanic9%
- American Indian / Alaska Native8%
- Asian1%
- Two or more races1%
First-gen students57%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time40%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Veterans19%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$25k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 3
What you can study.