Illinois · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's

Moody Bible Institute

Chicago, Illinois. 1,586 undergraduate students. 29 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.

ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS

What the data flags at Moody Bible Institute

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.

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+230%

Median federal debt at exit

Median federal debt at exit at Moody Bible Institute rose 230% between 2017 and 2020 ($5.5k → $18.1k).

ENROLLMENT CLIFF · TRENDING WORSE-23%

Undergraduate enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment fell 23% at Moody Bible Institute vs the 2018–2022 baseline (1.6k vs 2.1k).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE-20%

Undergraduate enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment at Moody Bible Institute fell 20% between 2021 and 2024 (1.9k → 1.5k).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+10%

In-state tuition

In-state tuition at Moody Bible Institute rose 10% between 2021 and 2024 ($14.3k → $15.8k).

SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT

The numbers, vs. Illinois

Each tile compares this institution to the Illinois median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
$45,399+13% · 6→10y
Illinois median $40,810
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$40,210
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
62.0%-1% · '02→'24
Illinois median 53.3%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$12,000+230% · '17→'20
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
1,586+14% · '98→'24
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
89.8%-6% · '09→'24
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
97.5%+8% · '03→'24
latest cohort
IN-STATE TUITION
$15,356+1189% · '00→'24
out-of-state $15,356
SECTION 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).

ALL FEDERALLY AIDED STUDENTS · TAX-RECORD EARNINGSVINTAGE 2025-05
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

3.5%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $12,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $45,399 (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.

UNDERGRAD · 199820241,510
3,1391,32419982024
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 2002202462.3%
86%53%20022024
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
MEDIAN DEBT · 20172020$18,149
$18,149$5,50020172020
Median federal student debt at exit.SCORECARD
COMPLETION · 100% · 20022024-26%

Moody Bible Institute · completion · 100% fell

63.0% → 46.4%

IN-STATE TUITION · 20002024+1189%

Moody Bible Institute · in-state tuition rose

$1,225 → $15,786

OUT-OF-STATE TUITION · 20002024+1189%

Moody Bible Institute · out-of-state tuition rose

$1,225 → $15,786

MEDIAN DEBT · 20172020+230%

Moody Bible Institute · median debt rose

$5,500 → $18,149

PELL SHARE · 20092024+725%

Moody Bible Institute · pell share rose

0.0% → 36.3%

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_6YR · 20142020+49%

Moody Bible Institute · earnings_median_6yr rose

$27,000 → $40,210

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome at Moody Bible Institute

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%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
$176,335
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 19
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 19year 0year 39
Cost per year
$24,872
HS-only baseline · IL
$38,300
Years to complete
4
CIP family
39

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

CAUSAL DISCIPLINE

Moody Bible Institute graduates earn $X” — not “Moody Bible Institute makes you earn $X”

Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Moody Bible Institute 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.

Methodology →