Nazarene Bible College

Colorado Springs, CO · Private nonprofit · 284 undergrads (small, city) · website ↗

Church of the Nazarene
No application fee
Open admission
Online only

What you'll actually pay

Average net price per year — tuition, fees, room & board minus grant and scholarship aid — for in-state students by household income.

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	—
$30,000 – $48,000	—
$48,000 – $75,000	—
$75,000 – $110,000	—
Over $110,000	—
All incomes (average)	—

Sticker tuition and fees: $10,482 in-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use Nazarene Bible College's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

Net price calculator ↗

Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$9,450
Books and supplies	$990
Other expenses, off campus	$3,471

Admissions & outcomes

Acceptance rate: —
Average SAT: —
Median ACT: —
Students with Pell grants: 15%
Graduation rate (6yr): —
Freshman retention: —
Median earnings @ 10yr: $41,450
Median debt at graduation: $34,787
International undergrads: 0 (0%)

For comparison, the median across all 1,596 four-year colleges on this site: graduation rate 56%, earnings ten years after entering $54,869, debt at graduation $23,250.

Admission policy, test scores and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Open admission
Application fee: None
Students per faculty member: 6 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 100%

What the college considers in admission decisions, fall 2023

Not reported (open admission).

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release), fall 2023; open admission from IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 (revised); public domain.

Most popular fields of study

Share of bachelor's degrees awarded.

Philosophy & Religion7%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Bachelor's degrees (2)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Theological and Ministerial Studies	14	—	$56,855national $44,535	—
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries	6	—	$49,899national $42,915	—

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 7 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed.

Contact and accreditation

Address: 2020 N Academy Blvd. Suite 316, Colorado Springs, CO 80909
Phone: (719) 884-5000
Institutional accreditor: Higher Learning Commission

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts) and IPEDS Fall Enrolment for international student counts. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. IPEDS Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release) for admission requirements and first-time applicants, admits and enrolments (fall 2023). IPEDS Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release) for grants and loans to full-time, first-time students. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Verify current costs and requirements with the school.

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