Blue Mountain Christian University

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Blue Mountain Christian University

Blue Mountain Christian University operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Blue Mountain, Mississippi (rural: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 498 students of which 1,012 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Blue Mountain Christian University is categorized as “22” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 88.9%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,090 and an ACT midpoint of 21. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $24,016, with published in-state tuition of $20,180 and a Pell grant recipient share of 28.8%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $18,534, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 53.0%, and the first-year retention rate is 67.9%. Graduates earn a median of $40,421 ten years after enrolling, compared with $35,401 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 24500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 56.7% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.