Montana Bible College

Private nonprofitOther / Unclassified

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Fin. Resilience

Resilience score

vs. 41 peers in its group

Montana Bible College is a private nonprofit institution in Billings, MT.

It enrolls about 24 undergraduates and is benchmarked here against 41 peer institutions (Other / Unclassified · Private nonprofit).

Its strongest standing relative to peers is admission yield (81.8%, 60th percentile).

Its weakest is first-year retention (42.9%).

Ibex's cross-metric scan flags: First-year retention 43% (below 60%).

Peer group

Other / Unclassified · Private nonprofit

41 institutions

First-year retention 43% (below 60%)

Policy & demographic exposure

How exposed Montana Bible College is to the structural shifts reshaping higher ed: a composite structural-risk index plus the 2025 federal budget law’s endowment excise tax and Grad PLUS elimination and the demographic enrollment cliff. Only signals that apply to this institution are shown.

Enrollment cliff (home state)

1.4%

Stable or growing

Indicative signals, not forecasts — see each metric’s definition and the methodology. Endowment-tax and Grad PLUS figures appear only where the institution is actually exposed; “nationally” compares against all schools that report each signal.

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Financial Health

In-state tuition & fees

$14,640

72nd percentile in peer grouppeer median $12,300

Out-of-state tuition & fees

$14,640

72nd percentile in peer grouppeer median $12,300

Enrollment & Pipeline

Undergraduate enrollment

17th percentile in peer grouppeer median 93

First-year retention

Below peers

42.9%

9th percentile in peer grouppeer median 80.5%

12-month FTE enrollment

44th percentile in peer grouppeer median 70

Full-time-equivalent enrollment over the full 12-month year (IPEDS 12-month enrollment, 2022-23). Counts part-time students at their fractional load, so it runs above fall full-time headcount and is the denominator used for per-student finance measures.

Student-faculty ratio

6:1

35th percentile in peer grouppeer median 9:1

Students per instructional faculty member (IPEDS, fall 2023). Lower generally means smaller classes and more faculty contact, though the measure mixes undergraduate and graduate teaching and is institution-reported.

Enrollment cliff (home state)

Stable or growing

1.4%

— percentile in peer group

Projected change in the number of high-school graduates in the institution's HOME STATE from the class of 2025 (the national peak) to 2041, per WICHE's Knocking at the College Door, 11th Edition (Dec 2024). The 'enrollment cliff' is the post-2008 birth decline reaching college age; the U.S. total is projected to fall about 13% over this window. A college recruits from many states, so its home-state projection is an indicative directional signal of feeder-market pressure, not a forecast of that institution's own enrollment.

Admission yield

Average

81.8%

60th percentile in peer grouppeer median 72%

Share of admitted students who enrolled (IPEDS Admissions, Fall 2023): students who enrolled ÷ students admitted. A demand signal — how many accepted offers the institution converts to enrollment. Higher yield generally reflects stronger demand, though binding early-decision programs and price positioning can inflate it. Open-admission institutions do not report admissions and show none.

Student body

Undergraduate race & ethnicity IPEDS 2024-25

White95.8%

Two or more races4.2%

Undergraduate enrollment by race and ethnicity, as reported to IPEDS (College Scorecard). “International” denotes nonresident students; “Unknown” means race/ethnicity was not reported.

Top fields of study (bachelor's)

Montana Bible College’s largest fields by completions, with graduate earnings (4 years out) and debt benchmarked against the same field at its peer group. Sparklines show the 8-year completions trend.

Field	Completions / yr	Median earnings, 4 yrs out	Median debt	Earnings premium	Risk score
Theology & Religious Vocations	9	—	—	—	Moderate · 64

Earnings-premium status is an indicative estimate: median graduate earnings four years out vs the MT state median earnings of a high-school graduate (undergraduate credentials) or a bachelor’s-degree holder (graduate credentials) from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2022 ACS 5-year). The official U.S. Department of Education determination uses its own cohort definition and may differ.

The risk score (0–100) is an indicative blend of earnings-premium margin and the five-year completions trend—higher means a field pays closer to (or below) the benchmark and is shrinking. A directional screen, not an official determination.

See the interactive dashboard for all fields and credential levels (associate through doctoral). Source: College Scorecard Field of Study.

Frequently asked

What is Montana Bible College's student-faculty ratio?

Montana Bible College reports a student-faculty ratio of 6:1 (IPEDS, fall 2023) — that is, about 6 students for every instructional faculty member.

Which schools are Montana Bible College's peers?

Montana Bible College is benchmarked against 41 institutions in the Other / Unclassified · Private nonprofit peer group; all percentiles and medians on this page are computed within that group.

Compare with peers

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Source: U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard & IPEDS (most recent releases), with the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Employment Projections, field-demand outlook) and WICHE (enrollment-cliff projections). Figures lag the current academic year by roughly two to three years. Percentiles and medians are computed within the institution's peer group. Financial Resilience is a transparent composite — see each component above. Compiled by Ibex Insights.