About
Bakke Graduate University (BGU) is a private online graduate school headquartered in Dallas, Texas. It has students, faculty, alumni, and courses in over 60 countries focused on urban studies, sustainable business, and Christian theology.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 4 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 4 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data4 · 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.
Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, Accreditation Commission
Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, Accreditation Commission
Action history · 3
- Apr 2020Renewal of AccreditationTransnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, Accreditation Commission
- Nov 2019Grant Substantive Change: ProgramTransnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, Accreditation Commission
- Jul 2019Deny Substantive Change: ProgramTransnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, Accreditation Commission
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, students received in Pell grants, alongside $105K 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 19 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below 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 Bakke Graduate
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
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
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Bakke Graduate vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Bakke Graduate 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectBakke Graduate University | — | — | 118 | — | — |
Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary | — | — | 145 | — | — |
Aquinas Institute of Theology | — | — | 110 | — | — |
Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc. | — | — | 80 | — | — |
Brite Divinity School | — | — | 153 | — | — |
Calvin Theological Seminary | — | — | 367 | — | — |
Christian Theological Seminary | — | — | 151 | — | — |
Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School | — | — | 78 | — | — |
Eden Theological Seminary | — | — | 72 | — | — |
HJ International Graduate School for Peace and Public Leadership | — | 100.0% | 155 | — | — |
Hood Theological Seminary | — | — | 115 | — | — |
Iliff School of Theology | — | — | 166 | — | — |
Interdenominational Theological Center | — | — | 60 | — | — |
Lancaster Theological Seminary | — | — | 66 | — | — |
Lexington Theological Seminary | — | — | 82 | — | — |
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary | — | — | 103 | — | — |
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago | — | — | 101 | — | — |
McCormick Theological Seminary | — | — | 125 | — | — |
Meadville Theological School of Lombard College | — | — | 62 | — | — |
Nashotah House | — | — | 143 | — | — |
Nazarene Theological Seminary | — | — | 168 | — | — |
New Brunswick Theological Seminary | — | — | 129 | — | — |
New York Theological Seminary | — | — | — | — | — |
Northeastern Seminary | — | — | 218 | — | — |
Northern Baptist Theological Seminary | — | — | 315 | — | — |
Pacific School of Religion | — | — | 124 | — | — |
Phillips Theological Seminary | — | — | 103 | — | — |
Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family | — | — | 65 | — | — |
Saint Paul School of Theology | — | — | 91 | — | — |
Saint Vladimirs Orthodox Theological Seminary | — | — | 90 | — | — |
Spertus College | — | — | 89 | — | — |
University of Saint Mary of the Lake | — | — | 200 | — | — |
Winebrenner Theological Seminary | — | — | 122 | — | — |
| Peer group median | — | 100.0% | 117 | — |
Bakke Graduate Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
- Sandra WakiInstitutional Effectiveness Coordinator
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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