Messenger College
About
Messenger College is a private Pentecostal college in Bedford, Texas. The institution is accredited through the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS) and its students are eligible for federal student aid programs. Messenger College offers Bachelor of Arts and Associate of Arts degrees. Distance learning is offered through Messenger College On-Line.
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.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates — a notably small equity gap.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 2 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 2 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data2 · 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 · 2
- Oct 2022Renewal of AccreditationTransnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, Accreditation Commission
- Oct 2022Grant Substantive Change: DegreeTransnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, Accreditation Commission
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
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 $125K in Pell grants, alongside $141K 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 121 borrowers who entered repayment, 21 (17.3%) 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 Messenger 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
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 1
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.
Messenger College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Messenger 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectMessenger College | 100% | — | 24 | $18,541 | — |
Christ Mission College | 40% | 100.0% | 32 | $7,157 | — |
Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest | — | — | 109 | — | — |
Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary | — | 28.6% | 75 | — | — |
Brite Divinity School | — | — | 153 | — | — |
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary | — | — | 155 | — | — |
| Peer group median | 70% | 64.3% | 92 | $12,849 |
Messenger College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The page from Messenger College provides general information about the institution, including contact details and ways to get involved. It offers insights into the benefits of choosing Messenger College, such as affordability and Christian unity. The page also includes quick access links for various constituent groups like prospective students, current students, and alumni.
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