Kentucky Mountain Bible College
Jackson, KY · Private · Rural (remote) · KMBC
Private institution in Jackson, KY · 72 undergraduates · 36% acceptance rate · $21,256 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 9%Acceptance rate
- Top 11%Cost of attendance
- Top 13%Out-of-state tuition & fees
- Top 13%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
- $9,904313th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $10,060604th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $10,060272nd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $16,490213th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- —
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $21,2561,944th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $21,7781,901st highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 35.7%1,616th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 81.8%572nd highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 35.7%145th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- 980965th highest of 1,022 reporting
- Median ACT
- 23493rd highest of 952 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 722,024th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9.0:1298th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 55.1%278th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 206 mi (BNA)
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 9 of 9 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bible/Biblical StudiesTheology | bachelors | — | — |
| Communication and Media StudiesCommunications | bachelors | — | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesLiberal Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Missions/Missionary Studies and MissiologyTheology | bachelors | — | — |
| MusicVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Religion/Religious StudiesPhilosophy & Religious Studies | bachelors | — | — |
| Religious EducationTheology | bachelors | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsEducation | bachelors | — | — |
| Theological and Ministerial StudiesTheology | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Kentucky Mountain Bible College’s 72 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In KY
- Clear Creek Baptist Bible CollegePineville, KY · 132 undergrads
- American National University-PikevillePikeville, KY · 229 undergrads
- Simmons College of KentuckyLouisville, KY · 381 undergrads
- Kentucky Christian UniversityGrayson, KY · 438 undergrads
- Alice Lloyd CollegePippa Passes, KY · 528 undergrads
- Brescia UniversityOwensboro, KY · 538 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Grace Mission UniversityFullerton, CA · 72 undergrads
- Yeshiva Yesodei HatorahLakewood, NJ · 72 undergrads
- America Evangelical UniversityGardena, CA · 71 undergrads
- Orion Technical CollegeDavenport, IA · 73 undergrads
- Torah Temimah Talmudical SeminaryStaten Island, NY · 73 undergrads
- Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater DetroitOak Park, MI · 71 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitekmbc.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 157030)
- Compare colleges in KYRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in KentuckyEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with Clear Creek Baptist Bible CollegeSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Kentucky Mountain Bible College vs Clear Creek Baptist Bible CollegeHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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