Private Nonprofit · Gering, Nebraska

Summit Christian College

Summit Christian College is a private nonprofit institution in Gering, Nebraska. as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.

41.7%
Acceptance rate

The verdict

Summit Christian College is a selective admit.

According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.

41.7%
acceptance rate
Town: Remote Carnegie: Special Focus (4yr)
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Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.

How to read this Summit Christian College profile

Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.

Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.

Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.

College Value Score

A+
College Value Score
97/100
Summit Christian College

A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.

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10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price N/A
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Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate N/A
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Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
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Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
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Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention A+
100.0%
First-year students returning for year two
Summit Christian College vs. the national benchmark
EarningsNet PriceCompletionDebtRepaymentRetention

Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.

10-yr median earnings

Not reported

Federal aid recipients only

Avg net price

Not reported

After grants and scholarships

150%-time completion

Not reported

Full-time, first-time cohort

College ROI Quadrant - Summit Christian College vs peers

Summit Christian College positioned by earnings vs cost Two-by-two quadrant chart: x-axis median earnings 10 years after enrollment, y-axis average net price after financial aid. Each dot is a college, colored by completion within 150% of normal time (garnet ≥65%, amber 45-64%, red <45%). Net price increases upward, earnings increase rightward, so: bottom-right = best value (low cost, high earnings); top-right = premium (high cost, high earnings); bottom-left = community college tier (low cost, modest earnings); top-left = cost challenge (high cost, low earnings). Currently plotting 5 colleges. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard joined to Carnegie Classification. Summit Christian College positioned by earni… Carnegie Classification: Special Focus (4yr) Special Fo… COST CHALLENGE PREMIUM COMMUNITY BEST VALUE $33K $74K Median Earnings 10 Years After Enrollment ($) $5K $28K Avg Net Price ($) York University: $44K earn · $21K net · 44% grad York University College of Saint Mary: $54K earn · $17K net · 60% grad College of Saint M… Union Adventist University: $55K earn · $24K net · 49% grad Union Adventist Un… Bryan College of Health Sciences: $71K earn · $27K net · 73% grad Bryan College of H… Western Nebraska Community College: $39K earn · $5K net · 36% grad Western Nebraska C… Grad rate (4yr) ≥65% 45-64% <45%
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard + Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.

Quick Facts

21
Undergraduate enrollment
41.7%
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
-
150%-time completion
-
10-yr median earnings
100.0%
First-year retention

How Summit Christian College ranks in Nebraska

State rank among 35 reporting Nebraska colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.

Metric Summit Christian College State rank Percentile
Undergraduate enrollment 21 #37 of 39 5th

Highest former-student earnings in Nebraska

#School10-yr earningsNet price
1University of Nebraska Medical Center$76,833-
2Creighton University$73,911$31,568
3Bryan College of Health Sciences$70,845$26,919
4Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health$65,071$21,863
5Clarkson College$64,876$19,241
6Bellevue University$61,289$17,550
7University of Nebraska-Lincoln$56,887$17,747
8Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture$56,887$14,639
9Nebraska Wesleyan University$56,405$18,327
10Union Adventist University$55,045$23,716
11College of Saint Mary$54,338$16,590
12University of Nebraska at Omaha$53,909$13,441

Admissions

Admission Rate 41.7%
ACT Average 20
0%100%41.7%
Share of applicants admitted

Costs & Financial Aid

Tuition & Net Price

In-State Tuition $8,278
Out-of-State Tuition $8,278

Net Price by Family Income

38.1%
Pell Grant Rate
0.0%
Federal Loan Rate

What students pay at Summit Christian College rose +201.4% since 2016

Average net price for the reported Title IV-recipient cohort went from $6,034 in 2016 to $18,188 in 2023, a rise of $12,154 in nominal dollars. Across the 69 colleges measured over the same 2016–2023 span, the median change was +24.5%.

Average net price, 2016–2023

8 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.

2016: $6,0342017: $9,6832018: $5,5812019: $6,0292020: $5,7532021: $9,7502022: $18,6462023: $18,188
2016 · $6,0342023 · $18,188

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2016–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.

Student Demographics

Race & ethnicity

Student body at a glance

Programs & Earnings

No program-level earnings data available for this school.

Independent Scorecard matches among reporting colleges — not recommendations from the institution or a counselor.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the acceptance rate at Summit Christian College?
Summit Christian College is a private nonprofit institution in Gering, Nebraska. The acceptance rate is 41.7%. Undergraduate enrollment is 21 students.

Sources & methodology

Private-nonprofit profiles emphasize Scorecard cost-after-aid and completion alongside IPEDS Carnegie class. Endowment, gifts, and sticker price are not Scorecard fields on this page.

Figures are the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrievals. Nonprofit campuses vary widely in aid practice — net price here is the Title-IV-recipient cohort average, not an individual award letter. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Where to go next from Summit Christian College

Nonprofit Scorecard medians describe federal-aid recipients who were working and not enrolled — they are not sticker-price ROI and not advice.

Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private-nonprofit profiles compile Scorecard net-price and earnings cohorts with IPEDS structure fields — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.