-36%
Private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Nazarene Bible College are 36% below the private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer median ($41.5k vs $65.2k).
Colorado · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Nazarene Bible College
Colorado Springs, Colorado. 336 undergraduate students. 11 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Nazarene Bible College
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Nazarene Bible College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (7.8% → 0.0%).
-18%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Nazarene Bible College fell 18% between 2021 and 2024 (347 → 284).
+87%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Nazarene Bible College rose 87% between 2019 and 2022 (35.7% → 66.7%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Colorado
Each tile compares this institution to the Colorado median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$41,450+12% · 6→10y
Colorado median $43,242$37,119
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry—+38% · '97→'22
Colorado median 55.5%$17,106+563% · '97→'20
At program completion336-29% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS—+13% · '04→'17
first-time, full-time—-33% · '01→'06
latest cohort$10,002+87% · '00→'24
out-of-state $10,002SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
5.5%Median federal debt $17,106 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $41,450 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+38%
Nazarene Bible College · completion · 150% rose
48.1% → 66.7%
+13%
Nazarene Bible College · retention rose
59.0% → 66.7%
-29%
Nazarene Bible College · undergrad enrollment fell
400 → 284
+87%
Nazarene Bible College · in-state tuition rose
$5,616 → $10,482
+87%
Nazarene Bible College · out-of-state tuition rose
$5,616 → $10,482
+563%
Nazarene Bible College · median debt rose
$5,250 → $34,787
-100%
Nazarene Bible College · cohort default rate fell
11.4% → 0.0%
-45%
Nazarene Bible College · pell share fell
27.0% → 14.9%
+40%
Nazarene Bible College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$29,700 → $41,450
+30%
Nazarene Bible College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$30,200 → $39,239
+28%
Nazarene Bible College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$29,100 → $37,119
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
2 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS · CIP 39
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Nazarene Bible College
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
EARNINGS SUPPRESSED
Federal privacy rules suppressed earnings for Theological and Ministerial Studies · Bachelor's Degree at Nazarene Bible College(cohort below 30 students). The calculator can’t produce a number we’d stand behind, so we don’t.
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Colorado
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Nazarene Bible College graduates earn $X” — not “Nazarene Bible College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Nazarene Bible College caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.