Great LakesUrbanPrivate4-yearTheology & Religious & Vocation

Moody Bible Institute

Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

Chicago, IL1,716 students
Acceptance Rate
83%
less selective
Median SAT
1,085
Middle 50%: 1050–1170
Net Price After Aid
$23.9k
Sticker $15.4k
Graduation Rate
62%
6-year, full-time

Moody Bible Institute is a private institution in Chicago, IL with an acceptance rate of 83% and 1,716 students. The middle 50% of admitted students score 1050–1170 on the SAT. The average net price after financial aid is $23,950 per year.

About Moody Bible Institute

A private 4-year urban university in Chicago, IL.

Moody Bible Institute campus
Campus · Chicago

Moody Bible Institute is a college in Chicago, IL. It enrolls roughly 1,716 students. The most recent acceptance rate is 83%. Admitted students typically score between 1050 and 1170 on the SAT.

Great LakesUrbanPrivate4-yearTheology & Religious & Vocation
Acceptance Rate
83%
Less Selective
Total Enrollment
1,716
Small
Retention
75%
First-years returning
Graduation Rate
62%
6-year, full-time

Your chances at this school

What admitted students look like here. Sign in to see how your own profile compares.

Acceptance Rate
83%
83 of every 100 applicants admitted
Your Chances
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Admitted Student GPA
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Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

What strengthens an application here

  1. SAT scores of 1050 to 1170
    The middle half of admitted students scored in this range. A score in the upper part of it strengthens an application.
  2. Depth in one or two activities
    Sustained commitment, a leadership role, or a result in a few activities says more than a long list of memberships.

Your chances estimate is based on your academic profile and activities — it is a guide, not a guarantee of admission. Decisions weigh essays, recommendations, and fit factors that aren't in the data.

Admissions

What it actually takes to get into Moody Bible Institute. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.

Admitted student profile

Range shown is the middle 50%.

SAT
composite, 1600 scale
1,0201,150
1,085
average
ACT
composite, 36 scale
1723
20
average
GPA
weighted, 4.5 max
—

This school doesn't require test scores, so these ranges reflect only students who chose to submit — applicants who submit tend to have higher scores. The real admitted range likely runs lower. Don't rule yourself out on scores alone.

Application requirements

  • Test-optional

Cost & financial aid

Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at Moody Bible Institute after grants and scholarships.

Sticker price
—
Tuition $15,356
Average net price after aid
$23,950
67% of students receive financial aid

Net price by family income

Average amount paid out of pocket — tuition, fees, and room & board minus all grant aid.

$0 – $30,000
$26,309
$30,001 – $48,000
$25,436
$48,001 – $75,000
$24,872
$75,001 – $110,000
N/A
$110,001 +
$23,883

Net price represents the average cost after grants and scholarships for students receiving federal financial aid.

Pell Grant Recipients
36%
Need-based federal grant
Take Federal Loans
42%
Avg loan $12,000 / year
Avg Grant Aid
—
Per receiving student / year

Academics & majors

Where students at Moody Bible Institute concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.

Student : Faculty
16:1
Class-size proxy
Primary Focus
Theology & Religious & Vocation
100% of degrees awarded
Retention
75%
First-years returning
A breakdown of the top majors by share of degrees awarded ships once we finish backfilling per-school program data.

Student body

Who attends Moody Bible Institute. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.

Race & ethnicity

  • White67%
  • Asian3%
  • Hispanic10%
  • Black5%
  • Two or more races3%
  • International11%

Gender

  • Female46%
  • Male54%
International
10%
Of total enrollment
Live on Campus
—
Undergraduate residential rate
Total Enrollment
1,716

Outcomes after graduation

What Moody Bible Institute graduates do next — and what they earn.

Median Earnings
$45.4k
10 years after enrollment
Employed at 2 yrs
—
Working or in grad school
Pursue Grad School
—
Within 5 years
Graduation Rate
62%
6-year, full-time

Is it worth it?

Earnings, debt, and price side by side — context for the cost-vs-payoff question, not a ranking.

Median earnings
$45.4k
10 yrs after entry
Typical debt
$12.0k
median, borrowers only
Avg. net price
$23.9k/yr
after aid
  • These numbers reflect who enrolls, not the value the school adds. A college's earnings can look high simply because it admits wealthier, higher-scoring students — not because of what happens there.
  • Earnings vary far more by major and career path than by school. A school-wide median blends engineers and artists into one number that may match no real student.
  • Federal earnings and debt figures cover only students who received federal aid, so they leave out full-pay students and can skew the picture.
  • Net price is an average across aided students and debt is the median for borrowers only — many students borrow nothing. Your actual cost depends on your own aid package.

What this means

$45k is below the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark, and a 62% graduation rate is below the national average.

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