Appalachian Bible College
Mount Hope, WV · Private · Small suburb · ABC
Private institution in Mount Hope, WV · 168 undergraduates · 99% acceptance rate · $37,467 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 7%Median graduate debt
- Top 10%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 14%Graduation rate (4-year)
- Top 23%Full-time retention
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $17,401852nd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $18,2301,061st cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $18,230734th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $29,451911th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $11,000136th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $37,4671,711th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $29,1471,764th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 75.6%280th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 85.0%431st highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 98.6%1,505th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1068785th highest of 1,022 reporting
- Median ACT
- 23493rd highest of 952 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1681,897th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 8.0:1212th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 40.9%662nd highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 183 mi (CLT)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 1 of 1 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bible/Biblical StudiesTheology | bachelors | $21,508 | $20,687 |
Campus facts
Athletics — 3 sports
NCCAA Division II · Other
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $0 (M $0 · W $0)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Appalachian Bible College’s 168 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In WV
- Catholic Distance UniversityCharles Town, WV · 95 undergrads
- Wheeling UniversityWheeling, WV · 567 undergrads
- Bethany CollegeBethany, WV · 642 undergrads
- Valley College-MartinsburgMartinsburg, WV · 651 undergrads
- Davis & Elkins CollegeElkins, WV · 681 undergrads
- Salem UniversitySalem, WV · 695 undergrads
Elsewhere
- PCI CollegeCerritos, CA · 168 undergrads
- Congregation Talmidei Mesivta Tiferes Shmiel AleksanderBrooklyn, NY · 169 undergrads
- Manna UniversityFayetteville, NC · 169 undergrads
- United States UniversitySan Diego, CA · 167 undergrads
- Calvary UniversityKansas City, MO · 170 undergrads
- Virginia University of LynchburgLynchburg, VA · 170 undergrads
Key links
- Official websiteabc.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 237136)
- Compare colleges in WVRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in West VirginiaEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with Catholic Distance UniversitySide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Appalachian Bible College vs Catholic Distance UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Sports directoryAll 3 EADA programs at this school
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