After Trinity Bible College and Graduate School: graduation, pay and debt

Ellendale, North Dakota · Private · 141 undergrads

39% of Trinity Bible College and Graduate School students finish within six years, the typical student earns $38,990 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $19,809 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$39k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

39%

finish within six years.

18%

finish in four years.

63%

of first-years come back for year two.

$19.8k

median federal debt at graduation.

57%

of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.

All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished in four yearsIPEDS, fall 2023

18%

Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023

39%

First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024

63%

Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017

Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

43%

Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

28%

Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release

27%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$34,943

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23

$38,990

Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release

45%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Debt and paying it back

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard, 2024-25

$19,809

Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release

$16,043

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release

$17,778

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release

$9,327

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25

57%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release

58%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release

60%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from

Admit rate and applicants: IPEDS, fall 2024 (checked Oct 31, 2026)
Cost, pay and debt: College Scorecard, 2024-25 (checked Oct 31, 2026)
Test rule: trinitybiblecollege.edu, fall 2027 (checked Nov 3, 2026)

Updated Nov 3, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers