+55%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Montana Bible College rose 55% between 2021 and 2024 ($9.4k → $14.6k).
Montana · Private nonprofit · Predominantly certificates
Montana Bible College
Billings, Montana. 45 undergraduate students. 9 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Montana 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.
+55%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Montana Bible College rose 55% between 2021 and 2024 ($9.4k → $14.6k).
-21%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Montana Bible College fell 21% between 2023 and 2024 (54.5% → 42.9%).
-14%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Montana Bible College fell 14% between 2020 and 2023 (66.7% → 57.1%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Montana
Each tile compares this institution to the Montana median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
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Montana median $40,738—
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry57.1%+49% · '12→'23
Montana median 46.1%—
At program completion45-76% · '12→'24
latest IPEDS54.5%-33% · '12→'24
first-time, full-time84.6%+2% · '12→'23
latest cohort$13,600+119% · '12→'24
out-of-state $13,600SECTION 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.
+49%
Montana Bible College · completion · 150% rose
38.2% → 57.1%
+422%
Montana Bible College · completion · 100% rose
10.9% → 57.1%
-33%
Montana Bible College · retention fell
63.6% → 42.9%
-39%
Montana Bible College · undergrad enrollment fell
101 → 24
+119%
Montana Bible College · in-state tuition rose
$6,690 → $14,640
+119%
Montana Bible College · out-of-state tuition rose
$6,690 → $14,640
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Montana 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 Bible/Biblical Studies · Bachelor's Degree at Montana 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 Montana
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Montana Bible College graduates earn $X” — not “Montana Bible College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Montana 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.