Messenger College
Bedford, TX · Private · Large suburb
Private institution in Bedford, TX · 26 undergraduates · 50% acceptance rate · $29,463 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 1%Pell Grant share
- Top 10%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 17%Out-of-state tuition & fees
- Top 17%Acceptance rate
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
- $18,541951st cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $11,200703rd cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $11,200340th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $26,199767th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- —
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $29,4631,895th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $29,1351,776th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 55.6%940th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 66.7%1,394th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 50.0%273rd most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 262,117th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 8.0:1216th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 84.2%24th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 8 mi (DFW)
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 4 of 4 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Pastoral Counseling and Specialized MinistriesTheology | bachelors | — | — |
| Religion/Religious StudiesPhilosophy & Religious Studies | bachelors | — | — |
| Theological and Ministerial StudiesTheology | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Key links
- Official websitemessengercollege.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 417752)
- Compare colleges in TXRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in TexasEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Showdown: Messenger College vs University of North Texas Health Science CenterHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
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- What acceptance rate actually measuresSelectivity is a competition statistic — not a quality score, and not your personal odds.
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