-27%
Private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at College of Biblical Studies-Houston are 27% below the private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer median ($39.3k vs $53.8k).
Texas · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
College of Biblical Studies-Houston
Houston, Texas. 482 undergraduate students. 8 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at College of Biblical Studies-Houston
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.
+60%
First-year retention
First-year retention at College of Biblical Studies-Houston rose 60% between 2021 and 2024 (62.5% → 100.0%).
+38%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at College of Biblical Studies-Houston rose 37% between 2021 and 2024 ($6.8k → $9.3k).
+19%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at College of Biblical Studies-Houston rose 19% between 2021 and 2024 (351 → 419).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Texas
Each tile compares this institution to the Texas median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$39,260+18% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$33,366
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry60.0%-60% · '05→'24
Texas median 51.8%$14,750+23% · '03→'09
At program completion482-14% · '01→'24
latest IPEDS—+100% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$7,475+405% · '00→'24
out-of-state $9,275SECTION 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
5.0%Median federal debt $14,750 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $39,260 (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.
-60%
College of Biblical Studies-Houston · completion · 150% fell
100.0% → 40.0%
+100%
College of Biblical Studies-Houston · retention rose
50.0% → 100.0%
+405%
College of Biblical Studies-Houston · in-state tuition rose
$1,850 → $9,350
+405%
College of Biblical Studies-Houston · out-of-state tuition rose
$1,850 → $9,350
+23%
College of Biblical Studies-Houston · median debt rose
$5,129 → $6,323
+137%
College of Biblical Studies-Houston · pell share rose
16.1% → 38.2%
-28%
College of Biblical Studies-Houston · earnings_median_6yr fell
$46,100 → $33,366
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 College of Biblical Studies-Houston
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
-$189,455
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
—
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
- Cost per year
- $17,715
- HS-only baseline · TX
- $37,300
- 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.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Texas
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“College of Biblical Studies-Houston graduates earn $X” — not “College of Biblical Studies-Houston makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending College of Biblical Studies-Houston 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.