-27%
Private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary are 27% below the private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer median ($40.6k vs $55.4k).
Iowa · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary
Ankeny, Iowa. 371 undergraduate students. 18 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary
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.
+18%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary rose 18% between 2017 and 2020 ($11.0k → $13.0k).
+12%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($18.2k → $20.3k).
+12%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($18.2k → $20.3k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Iowa
Each tile compares this institution to the Iowa median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$40,650+22% · 6→10y
Iowa median $42,849$33,372
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry61.1%+96% · '97→'24
Iowa median 58.4%$8,750+222% · '97→'20
At program completion371+59% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS80.0%+6% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time49.7%-18% · '01→'24
latest cohort$19,530+137% · '00→'24
out-of-state $19,530SECTION 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
2.9%Median federal debt $8,750 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $40,650 (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.
+96%
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary · completion · 150% rose
34.4% → 67.5%
+279%
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary · completion · 100% rose
15.4% → 58.3%
+59%
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary · undergrad enrollment rose
255 → 405
+137%
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary · in-state tuition rose
$8,542 → $20,270
+137%
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,542 → $20,270
+222%
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary · median debt rose
$4,027 → $12,971
-100%
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary · cohort default rate fell
2.0% → 0.0%
+41%
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary · earnings_median_10yr rose
$28,800 → $40,650
+38%
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary · earnings_median_8yr rose
$25,000 → $34,619
+33%
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary · earnings_median_6yr rose
$25,100 → $33,372
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary
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 Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary(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 Iowa
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary graduates earn $X” — not “Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary 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.