College · Private nonprofit · Hobe Sound, FL · Suburb
Hobe Sound Bible College
Hobe Sound, FL
Religious affiliation
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$25k
Net price / yr$12k
Undergrad size112
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $12k/yr for a shot at a $25k 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
112 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 $19k/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$75k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$48k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$27k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $9.1k
- Room & board
- $7.9k
- Books & supplies
- $500
How students pay for it.
Pell grants50%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans9%
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 retention78%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr50%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$25k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$40k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out6%
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
- 112
- Location
- Hobe Sound, FL
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · higher part-time
- Accreditor
- Association for Biblical Higher Education
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White68%
- Hispanic14%
- International10%
- Unknown4%
- Black3%
- Asian1%
- Two or more races1%
First-gen students34%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time32%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$23k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 9
What you can study.