Grace College and Theological Seminary

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Grace College and Theological Seminary

Grace College and Theological Seminary operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Winona Lake, Indiana (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 1,464 students of which 1,890 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. Grace College and Theological Seminary is categorized as “19” 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 82.2%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,119 and an ACT midpoint of 23. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $19,932, with published in-state tuition of $31,200 and a Pell grant recipient share of 29.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $19,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 69.4%, and the first-year retention rate is 77.4%. Graduates earn a median of $45,411 ten years after enrolling, compared with $41,463 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 64300.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 62.1% 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.