- The Inkwell
- Illinois
- Moody Bible Institute
Chicago, ILCity: largeZIP 60610Founded 1886
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1886
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: faith-related
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 2010
- Campuses
- 3
- Website
- www.moody.edu
IllinoisReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Moody Bible Institute
Moody Bible Institute is a private nonprofit faith-based college in Chicago, Illinois, with 1,510 undergraduates. It admits 83% of applicants, graduates 63% within six years and costs $19,426 a year after aid.
63%graduate
Admission rate83%
Retention84%
4-year graduation53%
Pell Grant share50%
Federal loans41%
$19,426net price / year
83%admission rate
—average SAT
63%graduate in 6 years
$49,594median earnings, 10 yrs
$19,500median debt
#1,269 of 1,704 for earnings#823 of 1,739 for lowest net price#572 of 1,738 for graduation rate#941 of 1,552 for selectivity
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
- $35,530tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $16,314
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $16,314
- Average net price
- $19,426national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$20,044
$30,001–48,000$18,606
$48,001–75,000$16,130
$75,001–110,000$19,534
$110,001+$23,438
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 83%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college83%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college84%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college63%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college50%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 63%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 53%
- First-year retention
- 84%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 55%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $39,873
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $49,594middle 50%: $29,942–$74,802
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$74,802
Median, Moody Bible Institute$49,594
Lower quarter$29,942
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
- 1,510
- Part-time
- 19%
- Women / men
- 46% / 54%
- Average age at entry
- 24.9
- First-generation students
- 28%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 50%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 35%
- Average faculty salary
- $9,213 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $13,607
- Endowment, end of year
- $53,980,101
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White47%
Hispanic7.3%
Black5.0%
Asian2.6%
Two or more races3.6%
U.S. nonresident8.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown26%
1 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Theology & religious vocations100%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 147369. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q2257594.