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University or college · Private nonprofit

Emmaus Bible College

Dubuque, IA19 online only

Emmaus Bible College is a private nonprofit college in Dubuque, IA, with about 178 students on campus.

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Students on campus
178
plus 19 studying only online
Admission rate
60%
lower than at 76% of 4-year colleges
Net price a year
$13,186
lower than at 80% of 4-year colleges
Graduation rate
83%
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$42,631
higher than at 55% of U.S. colleges
In brief

What to know about Emmaus Bible College

Emmaus Bible College is mostly about theology

75% of the degrees Emmaus Bible College awards are in theology; the next biggest field, education, is 11%. Majors ↓

Emmaus Bible College is very small

About 178 students attend on campus. With classes this small, a handful of students can move the graduation rate from one year to the next. The students ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; at a college this small, rates can swing from year to year.

★ What stands out · Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Theology 75%Education 11%Computer science 5%Business 4%Psychology 3%Math & statistics 1%

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Bible/Biblical Studies33 graduates a year
—not reported
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology7 graduates a year
—not reported
Computer and Information Sciences, General5 graduates a year
—not reported
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries5 graduates a year
—not reported
Business Administration, Management and Operations4 graduates a year
—not reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods3 graduates a year
—not reported
Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology3 graduates a year
—not reported
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language2 graduates a year
—not reported
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Emmaus Bible College?

60%

of applicants admitted

About 12 of every 20 applicants get in.

Test scores of admitted students

SAT reading
570–690
SAT math
550–630
ACT
21–30

The middle 50%: a quarter scored below the range and a quarter above it. Average SAT: 1161.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $30,971 a year

Before any grants

Tuition & fees $20,800Room & board $9,600Books & supplies $600

After grants, the average family on aid pays $13,186.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$10,844

About $43,376 over 4 years · 65% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
83%
within 6 years · Pell students 75%
Come back for year two
83%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$42,631
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$15,750
about $167 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

5.8%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$167 a month against about $2,888 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

83%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 97% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$36k
Middle income$30–75k
$43k
Higher incomeover $75k
$53k
Who goes there

The students

224 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 72%Hispanic 5%Black 2%Asian 2%Two or more 8%International 6%

Women and men

Women 47%Men 53%
8 : 1
students per teacher
43%
get Pell grants (lower income)
27%
take federal loans
10%
undergrads 25 or older
10%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Dubuque

8% of Dubuque’s 59,148 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Dubuque pages.

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Straight-line distances from Emmaus Bible College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.