About
Grace Mission University is a Presbyterian seminary located in California, founded in 1995. The university offers 10 degree programs focused on theology and Christian counseling, with a significant portion of its graduates serving as missionaries, pastors, and lay leaders.
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 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.
Association for Biblical Higher Education, Commission on Accreditation
Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, Accreditation Commission
Association for Biblical Higher Education, Commission on Accreditation
Association for Biblical Higher Education, Commission on Accreditation
Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, Accreditation Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 7
- Aug 2024Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalAssociation for Biblical Higher Education, Commission on Accreditation
- Apr 2023Grant Substantive Change: DegreeTransnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, Accreditation Commission
- Feb 2023Renewal of AccreditationAssociation for Biblical Higher Education, Commission on Accreditation
- Apr 2022Grant Substantive Change: DegreeTransnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, Accreditation Commission
- Jun 2021Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools · Theology (THEOL) - Freestanding schools, as well as programs affiliated with larger institutions, offering graduate professional education for ministry and graduate study of theology
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, 20 students received $92K in Pell grants.
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 9 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (22.2%) 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 Grace Mission
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
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.
Grace Mission vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Grace Mission 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectGrace Mission University | 100% | 50.0% | 301 | — | — |
| 33% | — | 307 | $24,088 | — | |
| — | 88.9% | 108 | — | — | |
| 11% | — | 71 | $11,448 | — | |
| 0% | — | 58 | — | — | |
| — | — | 63 | — | — | |
| 25% | 76.0% | 320 | — | — | |
| 100% | — | 568 | — | — | |
| — | — | 123 | — | — | |
| 0% | — | 98 | $11,562 | — | |
| 88% | — | 78 | $16,828 | — | |
| 90% | 48.6% | 316 | $29,744 | — | |
| — | 84.6% | 1,239 | — | — | |
| 0% | 91.7% | 508 | $3,935 | — | |
| 7% | 60.0% | 72 | $10,373 | — | |
| 60% | 100.0% | 32 | $11,881 | — | |
| 64% | 96.4% | 3,945 | $25,140 | — | |
| 62% | 82.7% | 2,202 | $25,007 | — | |
| 50% | 100.0% | 127 | — | — | |
| 24% | 65.7% | 449 | $5,548 | — | |
| — | — | 517 | — | — | |
| 80% | — | 223 | — | — | |
| 46% | 93.6% | 264 | $3,964 | — | |
| 53% | 83.3% | 64 | $8,603 | — | |
| 30% | 98.4% | 611 | $5,900 | — | |
| 33% | 60.6% | 540 | $23,878 | — | |
| 39% | 25.7% | 275 | $20,396 | — | |
| 40% | 95.0% | 211 | $13,539 | — | |
| — | — | 33 | — | — | |
| — | 57.1% | 170 | — | — | |
| 100% | 77.8% | 510 | $16,598 | — | |
| 40% | 88.2% | 147 | $9,757 | — | |
| Peer group median | 40% | 83.3% | 244 | $11,881 |
Institutions like Grace Mission
Explore the federal data for institutions in Grace Mission's comparison group.
- California
America Evangelical University
Grad rate33%Admit rate—Enrollment307Net price$24,088View data - California
Berkeley School of Theology
Grad rate—Admit rate88.9%Enrollment108Net price—View data - North Carolina
Carolina Christian College
Grad rate11%Admit rate—Enrollment71Net price$11,448View data - North Carolina
Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary
Grad rate0%Admit rate—Enrollment58Net price—View data - Michigan
Ecumenical Theological Seminary
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment63Net price—View data - Oklahoma
Family of Faith Christian University
Grad rate25%Admit rate76.0%Enrollment320Net price—View data - Texas
Grace School of Theology
Grad rate100%Admit rate—Enrollment568Net price—View data - California
Haven University
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment123Net price—View data - Alabama
Huntsville Bible College
Grad rate0%Admit rate—Enrollment98Net price$11,562View data - Arizona
International Baptist College and Seminary
Grad rate88%Admit rate—Enrollment78Net price$16,828View data - New York
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Grad rate90%Admit rate48.6%Enrollment316Net price$29,744View data - South Dakota
Kairos University
Grad rate—Admit rate84.6%Enrollment1,239Net price—View data - Georgia
Luther Rice College & Seminary
Grad rate0%Admit rate91.7%Enrollment508Net price$3,935View data - New York
Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of America
Grad rate7%Admit rate60.0%Enrollment72Net price$10,373View data - Tennessee
Mid-South Christian College
Grad rate60%Admit rate100.0%Enrollment32Net price$11,881View data - Missouri
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Grad rate64%Admit rate96.4%Enrollment3,945Net price$25,140View data - Illinois
Moody Bible Institute
Grad rate62%Admit rate82.7%Enrollment2,202Net price$25,007View data - Oregon
Mount Angel Seminary
Grad rate50%Admit rate100.0%Enrollment127Net price—View data - Maryland
Ner Israel Rabbinical College
Grad rate24%Admit rate65.7%Enrollment449Net price$5,548View data - Tennessee
Pentecostal Theological Seminary
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment517Net price—View data - California
Presbyterian Theological Seminary in America
Grad rate80%Admit rate—Enrollment223Net price—View data - New York
Rabbinical Academy Mesivta Rabbi Chaim Berlin
Grad rate46%Admit rate93.6%Enrollment264Net price$3,964View data - Ohio
Rabbinical College Telshe
Grad rate53%Admit rate83.3%Enrollment64Net price$8,603View data - New York
Rabbinical Seminary of America
Grad rate30%Admit rate98.4%Enrollment611Net price$5,900View data - Texas
The King's University
Grad rate33%Admit rate60.6%Enrollment540Net price$23,878View data - North Dakota
Trinity Bible College and Graduate School
Grad rate39%Admit rate25.7%Enrollment275Net price$20,396View data - Indiana
Veritas Baptist College
Grad rate40%Admit rate95.0%Enrollment211Net price$13,539View data - Virginia
Virginia Beach Theological Seminary
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment33Net price—View data - Mississippi
Wesley Biblical Seminary
Grad rate—Admit rate57.1%Enrollment170Net price—View data - California
World Mission University
Grad rate100%Admit rate77.8%Enrollment510Net price$16,598View data - New York
Yeshiva Derech Chaim
Grad rate40%Admit rate88.2%Enrollment147Net price$9,757View data
Grace Mission Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
- Institutional ResearchInstitutional Research
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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