Grace Bible College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

Grace Bible College, also known as GBC, is a private, nonprofit institute. GBC is located in Wyoming, Michigan. The college started in the year 1939 as Milwaukee Bible Institute. Regular day school program started in 1945. The institute was named Grace Bible College in 1961. GBC offers more than 15 undergraduate degree programs to the students. It provides Associate of Arts degrees, Bachelor of Science Degrees, Bachelor of Music degrees, Bachelor of Religious Education degrees, and Bachelor of Theology degrees.

Student groups at Grace Bible College include choral group, drama/theater group, Student Activities Committee, Ambassador Fellowship, Campus Ministry Team, Ambassador Staff, and Student Council. The institute fields teams in basketball, cross country, volleyball and soccer, in intercollegiate competition.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Other Protestant religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in music and family and social work.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Theological and faith-related.

Features of note:

• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 179 in 2009-2010 (185 full-time equivalent).

About 48% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 52% of the class.

Students under 25 years old represent 89% of the student body. About 2% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Grace Bible provides on-campus housing for 80 of its 185 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 20 meals weekly.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (2 awarded)

• Business/Commerce

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (1 awarded)

• Early Childhood Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (4 awarded)

• Human Services

LIBERAL ARTS (10 awarded)

• General Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

MEDIA (1 awarded)

• Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia

MUSIC (4 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (17 awarded)

• Bible/Biblical Studies
• Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology
• Religion/Religious Studies
• Religious Education
• Theological and Ministerial Studies
• Youth Ministry