Which Moody Bible Institute major has the lowest debt?

Communications graduates leave with a median of $11,812 in federal loans, the lowest among 6 Moody Bible Institute bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Moody Bible Institute cost?

Tuition and fees are $15,786 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $22,221 a year.

How many Moody Bible Institute programs report graduate pay?

6 bachelor's programs at Moody Bible Institute report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Moody Bible Institute Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit school
Chicago, IL
1,510 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

6 Moody Bible Institute bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Communications pays the most in the first year ($36,963), and Missions and Missiology the least ($26,236). The median program pays $34,301.

Tuition and fees$15,786Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$22,221Per year

Graduation rate62%Within 6 years

Admission rate83%Of applicants

All 6 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Illinois" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Illinois. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Illinois
1	CommunicationsGraduates a year not reported	$36,963	Not reported	$11,812	12th of 26
2	Pastoral Counseling and MinistriesAbout 63 graduates a year	$35,426	$43,388	$12,000	1st of 1
3	Bible StudiesAbout 45 graduates a year	$35,114	$46,742	$13,097	1st of 2
4	Theology and MinistryAbout 126 graduates a year	$33,488	$52,048	$14,000	1st of 1
5	Religious EducationAbout 28 graduates a year	$30,671	$35,073	$14,000	3rd of 3
6	Missions and MissiologyAbout 74 graduates a year	$26,236	$32,458	$15,000	1st of 1

Program names link to the program's own page, and Illinois ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Illinois programs in the field do too.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Communications$36,963
Pastoral Counseling and Ministries$35,426
Bible Studies$35,114
Theology and Ministry$33,488
Religious Education$30,671

Lowest median debt

Communications$11,812
Pastoral Counseling and Ministries$12,000
Bible Studies$13,097
Theology and Ministry$14,000
Religious Education$14,000

Largest programs

Theology and MinistryAbout 126 graduates a year
Missions and MissiologyAbout 74 graduates a year
Pastoral Counseling and MinistriesAbout 63 graduates a year
Bible StudiesAbout 45 graduates a year
Religious EducationAbout 28 graduates a year

Common questions

Communications graduates earn a median of $36,963 in their first year, the most of 6 Moody Bible Institute bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Illinois rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels