- The Inkwell
- Michigan
- Great Lakes Christian College
Lansing, MISuburb: largeZIP 48917Founded 1949
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1949
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1971
- Website
- www.glcc.edu
MichiganReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Great Lakes Christian College
Great Lakes Christian College is a private nonprofit college in Lansing, Michigan, with 197 undergraduates. It graduates 32% within six years and costs $18,057 a year after aid.
32%graduate
Retention49%
4-year graduation11%
Pell Grant share58%
Federal loans49%
$18,057net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
32%graduate in 6 years
$36,738median earnings, 10 yrs
$16,739median debt
#1,631 of 1,704 for earnings#723 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,519 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $31,203tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $19,920
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $19,920
- Average net price
- $18,057national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$17,229
$30,001–48,000$13,558
$48,001–75,000$15,728
$75,001–110,000$17,374
$110,001+$23,872
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college49%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college32%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college58%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 32%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 11%
- First-year retention
- 49%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 27%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $31,193
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $36,738
- Median debt at graduation
- $16,739
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$56,060
Median, Great Lakes Christian College$36,738
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 197
- Part-time
- 9.1%
- Women / men
- 39% / 61%
- Average age at entry
- 22.5
- First-generation students
- 29%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 58%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 27%
- Average faculty salary
- $4,828 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $5,162
- Endowment, end of year
- $1,116,353
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White53%
Hispanic4.1%
Black32%
Asian2.0%
Two or more races7.1%
U.S. nonresident1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.5%
7 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Liberal arts & humanities33%
Theology & religious vocations20%
Business & management20%
Education13%
Communication & journalism7.7%
Parks, recreation & fitness2.6%
Psychology2.6%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 170091. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q5599431.