Great Lakes Christian College
Lansing, MI · Private · Large suburb · GLCC
Private institution in Lansing, MI · 130 undergraduates · $31,053 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 9%Pell Grant share
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
- $18,700961st cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $19,9901,113th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $19,990854th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $29,664924th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $18,779530th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $31,0531,856th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $28,2401,778th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 25.9%1,842nd highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 39.5%1,781st highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1301,943rd largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 13.0:1979th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 62.4%185th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 75 mi (DTW)
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 12 of 13 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bible/Biblical StudiesTheology | bachelors | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Communication and Media StudiesCommunications | bachelors | — | — |
| History | bachelors | — | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesLiberal Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Missions/Missionary Studies and MissiologyTheology | bachelors | — | — |
| Pastoral Counseling and Specialized MinistriesTheology | bachelors | — | — |
| Psychology, GeneralPsychology | bachelors | — | — |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationCommunications | bachelors | — | — |
| Religious EducationTheology | bachelors | — | — |
| Religious/Sacred MusicTheology | bachelors | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsEducation | bachelors | — | — |
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 Great Lakes Christian College’s 130 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In MI
- Kuyper CollegeGrand Rapids, MI · 119 undergrads
- Sacred Heart Major SeminaryDetroit, MI · 176 undergrads
- Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater DetroitOak Park, MI · 71 undergrads
- Ecumenical Theological SeminaryDetroit, MI · 11 undergrads
- Bay Mills Community CollegeBrimley, MI · 531 undergrads
- Walsh CollegeTroy, MI · 535 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical CollegeBrooklyn, NY · 129 undergrads
- Champion Christian CollegeHot Springs, AR · 128 undergrads
- Clear Creek Baptist Bible CollegePineville, KY · 132 undergrads
- Ecclesia CollegeSpringdale, AR · 132 undergrads
- Manhattan Christian CollegeManhattan, KS · 132 undergrads
- Southern California University of Health SciencesWhittier, CA · 132 undergrads
Key links
- Official websiteglcc.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 170091)
- Compare colleges in MIRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in MichiganEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with Kuyper CollegeSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Great Lakes Christian College vs Kuyper CollegeHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Sports directoryAll 3 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
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- Sticker price is a trapPublished tuition is a starting rumor. Net price is closer to what families actually pay.
- What acceptance rate actually measuresSelectivity is a competition statistic — not a quality score, and not your personal odds.
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