Ascent College
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 8 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 8 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data8 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Association for Biblical Higher Education, Commission on Accreditation
Association for Biblical Higher Education, Commission on Accreditation
Action history · 3
- Jan 2024Grant Substantive Change: ProgramAssociation for Biblical Higher Education, Commission on Accreditation
- Jun 2023Grant Substantive Change: OtherAssociation for Biblical Higher Education, Commission on Accreditation
- Feb 2018Renewal of AccreditationAssociation for Biblical Higher Education, Commission on Accreditation
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 36 students received $220K in Pell grants, alongside $240K in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 43 borrowers who entered repayment, 7 (16.2%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Ascent College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus3
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Ascent College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Ascent College selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectAscent College | 100% | 57.1% | 83 | — | — |
| — | — | 159 | — | — | |
| — | — | 33 | — | — | |
| — | — | 143 | — | — | |
| 0% | — | 98 | $11,562 | — | |
| — | — | 115 | — | — | |
| Peer group median | 50% | 57.1% | 107 | $11,562 |
Institutions like Ascent College
Explore the federal data for institutions in Ascent College's comparison group.
- Virginia
Union Presbyterian Seminary
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment159Net price—View data - Virginia
Virginia Beach Theological Seminary
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment33Net price—View data - Florida
Saint Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment143Net price—View data - Alabama
Huntsville Bible College
Grad rate0%Admit rate—Enrollment98Net price$11,562View data - North Carolina
Hood Theological Seminary
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment115Net price—View data
Ascent College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
- Dr. Don KammerDirector of Institutional Effectiveness
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