College · Private nonprofit · Lancaster, PA · Suburb
Lancaster Bible College
Lancaster, PA
Admit rate56%
6-yr median pay$37k
Net price / yr$25k
Undergrad size1,569
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $25k/yr for a shot at a $37k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 56% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1180 · ACT 23.
If you get in
1,569 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 $44k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $25k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$176k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$102k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$74k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $30.0k
- Room & board
- $12.2k
- Books & supplies
- $970
How students pay for it.
Pell grants35%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans49%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$21k
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 retention77%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr67%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$37k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$44k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out12%
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
- 1,569
- Location
- Lancaster, PA
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Smaller Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · higher part-time
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White64%
- Black25%
- Unknown5%
- Two or more races3%
- Hispanic1%
- Asian1%
First-gen students35%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time37%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$44k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 27
What you can study.