Institutional Effectiveness

Outcomes & Assessments for LBC

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Lancaster Bible College’s Office of Institutional Effectiveness presents the following information as measurable evidences of the college’s outcomes and assessment.

Information Posted October 16, 2025

Our Mission

LBC exists to educate Christian students to think and live a biblical worldview and to proclaim Christ by serving him in the Church and society.

Our Vision

LBC will strengthen the foundation that will enable us to be the leader in collaborative, contextualized biblical higher education in the U.S. and around the world.

Our Values

Lancaster Bible College has established a set of values to serve as the compass for fulfilling its mission. The LBC experience is an important factor in the development of ministry leaders. LBC’s values are as follows:

Biblical. We apply God’s Word to all of life.

Stewardship. We maximize and multiply God’s resources.

Collaboration. We work with others to accomplish our mission.

Innovation. We strive to continually improve to give God our best.

Servanthood. We serve others to bring out their best.

Institutional Evidences

The following are the primary means used to measure institutional attainment of objectives and to document student success.

1. Graduation/Completion Rates

A chart comparison of LBC's Graduation Rates 2013-2017

Cohort Total Graduates
2018 Fall Cohort 189 126
2017 Fall Cohort 154 110
2016 Fall Cohort 164 112
2015 Fall Cohort 185 114
2014 Fall Cohort 211 153
2013 Fall Cohort 134 83

Most recent data available as of October 1, 2025

2. Retention Rates

chart of student retention rates

Student Retention  FT Cohort total  FT Returning students PT Cohort total PT Returning students
Fall 2024 199 142 125 44
Fall 2023 181 134 65 20
Fall 2022 167 125 12 5
Fall 2021 140 113 6 2
Fall 2020 154 123 5 1
Fall 2019 163 132 5 1
Fall 2018 171 128 2 2

Most recent data available as of October 1, 2025

3. Employment & Continuing Education Rates
Department Graduation Year # of graduates Employed in field and/or pursuing further education within one year of graduation+
Arts & Sciences 2023-2024 12 43%
2022-2023 15 40%
2021-2022 16 50%
2020-2021 5 80%
Bible & Ministry 2023-2024 265 47%**
2022-2023 136 42%**
2021-2022 188 49%**
2020-2021 196 *
Business Administration 2023-2024 72 60%
2022-2023 59 83%
2021-2022 87 71%
2020-2021 46 100%
Communication & Media Arts 2023-2024 16 83%
2022-2023 19 *
2021-2022 26 80%
2020-2021 24 71%
Counseling & Social Work 2023-2024 61 89%
2022-2023 46 74%
2021-2022 59 55%
2020-2021 22 100%
Education 2023-2024 35 83%
2022-2023 29 90%
2021-2022 39 83%
2020-2021 24 83%
Music, Worship & Performing Arts 2023-2024 14 75%
2022-2023 11 71%
2021-2022 11 40%
2020-2021 17 71%

* Employment data not collected for these years
** Includes graduates who earned degrees for personal enrichment rather than for a career
+ Based on Spring 2025 survey responses
Most recent data collection: Spring 2025

chart showing employment one year after graduation

 

2023-2024 Graduates Surveyed one year after graduation
Employed full-time in a position related to my college major 61
Employed full-time in a position unrelated to my college major 32
Employed part-time in a position related to my college major 20
Employed part-time in a position unrelated to my college major 12
Unemployed and seeking employment 3
Unemployed, not seeking employment (including retired) 12
Total survey responses 140

Source: Spring 2025 survey of 2023-2024 graduates.

4a. Student Satisfaction - My degree program prepared me . . .

chart showing how students felt their program prepared them
Source: 2025 Survey of 280 Graduating Students

4b. On-Campus Student Satisfaction . . .

chart of on-campus student response to how LBC prepared them
Source: 2025 Student Experience Survey of 403 on-campus students

4c. Online Student Satisfaction . . .

chart of online student response to how LBC prepared them
Source: 2025 Student Experience Survey of 673 online students

4d. LBC Student Experience Ratings . . .

chart of overall evaluation of LBC

2024 Responses Excellent or Good
First-year students 92 of 101
Seniors 90 of 104
4e. Student Satisfaction - Would attend LBC again . . .

chart showing how proud students were of their college
Source: 2024 NSSE

2024 Responses Definitely or Probably
First-year students 88 of 101
Seniors 88 of 104
5. Assessment of Program Outcomes

The links below lead to program outcomes and assessments. On the program page, use the left navigation pane to select Assessment Findings under the most recent assessment cycle.

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