College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

Moody Bible Institute

Chicago, IL · Private nonprofit · Bachelor-granting · 1,510 undergrads · 83% admitted

Do students finish?

62% complete

Most students who start here finish.

What does it cost?

$34,327/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$137,308 over four years if you finish on time.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$45,399 median, 10 yrs after entry

25th pct $26,858 median $45,399 75th pct $66,567

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

7 Bachelor's programs · $22,988 to $34,242 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians.Bachelor's $34,242 —

Bible/Biblical Studies.Bachelor's $33,632 $12,690

Communication and Media Studies.Bachelor's $30,944 $12,500

Theological and Ministerial Studies.Bachelor's $29,411 $15,000

Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries.Bachelor's $29,204 $12,180

Religious Education.Bachelor's $26,972 $12,647

Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology.Bachelor's $22,988 $14,250

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt

$12,000

≈ 26% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher. And because students who drop out borrow less, a school where many students don't finish can show a deceptively low debt figure — read it next to the completion rate above.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (10 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website