Private nonprofit · College

Great Lakes Christian College

Lansing, Michigan · Large suburb

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Admit rate: $15,524
Avg net price: 36%
Graduation rate: $31,053
Median earnings

Great Lakes Christian College is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Lansing, Michigan (large suburb setting), enrolling 197 undergraduates. It has a Christian Churches and Churches of Christ religious affiliation.

Private nonprofitSmall · 197 undergradsLarge suburbNCCAA Division IICold wintersSnowy

About Lansing, Michigan

Lansing is the capital city of the U.S. state of Michigan. The first recorded person of European descent to travel through the area that is now Lansing was British fur trader Hugh Heward and his French-Canadian team on April 24, 1790, while canoeing the Grand River. The African American Parade occurs in Lansing's Westside as part of the annual Juneteenth Celebration Each year in August, the Michigan Pride festival includes an LGBT pride parade from Riverfront Park to the capitol. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Bachelor's
Nearest big city: 4 miles to Lansing, MI
To Great Lakes shore: 74 miles
Nearest airport: 3 miles to Capital Region (LAN)

How Great Lakes Christian College compares

Graduation rate36%

Higher than 18% · #42 of 44 in Michigan

First-year retention49%

Higher than 5%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$31,053

Higher than 3% · #45 of 45 in Michigan

Average net price$15,524

Cheaper than 70% · #19 cheapest of 44 in Michigan

Median debt at graduation$18,779

Lower than 81%

Student–faculty ratio14 : 1

Lower than 42%

Undergraduate enrollment197

Larger than 12%

Percentiles compare Great Lakes Christian College with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Michigan.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women9247%
Men10553%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White53%
Black31%
Hispanic4.1%
Asian2.0%
Other or multiracial9.1%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 197
Student–faculty ratio: 14 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 53%
First-generation students: 29%
Students over 25: 10%
Median family income: $33,970
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $43,452
Endowment: $1,116,353

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: $19,520
Room & board: $9,931
Books & supplies: $1,100
Total cost of attendance: $30,311
Average net price: $15,524

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years): 36%
Graduated on time (4 years): 32%
First-year retention: 49%
Transferred to another college: 24%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $28,240
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $31,053
Median debt at graduation: $18,779
Students with federal loans: 51%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 30%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: Yes
Dorm capacity: 181
Dorm capacity vs undergrads: 92%
Application fee: $30
Athletics: NCCAA Division II
Varsity athletes: 107 (61 men · 46 women)

Varsity sports (3)

Basketball49

Soccer45

Volleyball13

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$12,510

$30–48k

$16,854

$48–75k

$14,394

$75–110k

$18,309

$110k+

$21,553

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Family income

Est. total to a degree

$59,975

$14,394/year × about 4.2 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

79%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$5,652

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 79% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $5,652. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 38 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $31,053
Typical debt at graduation: $18,779
Debt vs. one year's pay: 60%
Out-earn a HS grad: 28%

Typical debt would take roughly 6.0 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$28,116

Men

$34,260

Men out-earn women by $6,144 (22%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 83°F
Winter low: 17°F
Annual rain: 33.3″
Annual snow: 50.2″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lansing Capital City AP, MI US station (3.5 mi from campus).

What Great Lakes Christian College graduates study — and earn

Bible/Biblical Studies

16 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

16———Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

9 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

9———Business Administration, Management and Operations

2 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

2———Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

1 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

1———Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services

1 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

1———Theological and Ministerial Studies

1 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

1———Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries

1 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

1———Psychology, General

1 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

1———

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.