College · Private nonprofit · Wyoming, MI · City
Grace Christian University
Wyoming, MI
Religious affiliation
Admit rate99%
6-yr median pay$31k
Net price / yr$12k
Undergrad size716
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $12k/yr for a shot at a $31k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 99% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
716 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 $26k/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$105k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$50k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$55k
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
- $18.7k
- Room & board
- $10.3k
- Books & supplies
- $500
How students pay for it.
Pell grants47%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans54%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$24k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $5k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention62%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr51%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$31k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$42k
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
- 716
- Location
- Wyoming, MI
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Association for Biblical Higher Education
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White52%
- Black24%
- Hispanic11%
- Unknown5%
- Two or more races4%
- Asian2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
- International1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
First-gen students52%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time31%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$25k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 17
What you can study.