Emmaus Bible College
Dubuque, IA · Private · Small city · EBC
Private institution in Dubuque, IA · 183 undergraduates · 98% acceptance rate · $42,631 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 9%Graduation rate (4-year)
- Top 10%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 19%Median graduate debt
- Top 25%Average net price
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
- $12,904506th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $20,0001,121st cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $20,000862nd cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $30,198947th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $15,750358th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $42,6311,488th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $34,6531,561st highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 81.7%188th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 70.3%1,230th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 97.7%1,497th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1109665th highest of 1,024 reporting
- Median ACT
- 22605th highest of 954 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1831,889th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 8.0:1216th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 40.3%695th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 148 mi (ORD)
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 10 of 10 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied MathematicsMathematics & Statistics | bachelors | — | — |
| Bible/Biblical StudiesTheology | bachelors | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Computer Science | bachelors | — | — |
| Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralComputer Science | bachelors | — | — |
| Missions/Missionary Studies and MissiologyTheology | bachelors | — | — |
| Pastoral Counseling and Specialized MinistriesTheology | bachelors | — | — |
| Psychology, GeneralPsychology | bachelors | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsEducation | bachelors | — | — |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign LanguageEducation | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Athletics — 4 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.
Key links
- Official websiteemmaus.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 153302)
- Compare colleges in IARe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in IowaEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Showdown: Emmaus Bible College vs St Luke's CollegeHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Sports directoryAll 4 EADA programs at this school
- Build an admissions plan8th–12th grade actions for this college — sports, activities, timeline
- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
- How to read a school page end to endStats, standings, lists, athletics, news — one profile, many jobs. Know which panel answers which question.
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- What acceptance rate actually measuresSelectivity is a competition statistic — not a quality score, and not your personal odds.
- A plan from eighth grade — without fake certaintySchool-anchored milestones, sports scarcity honesty, and EC playbooks — not invented admit odds.