Institutional Effectiveness

Outcomes & Assessments for LBC

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 29, 2024

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
2017 Cohort 154 88
2016 Cohort 164 89
2015 Cohort 174 99
2014 Cohort 211 153
2013 Cohort 134 83
2. Retention Rates

chart of student retention rates

Full-time Student Retention Part-time Student Retention
Cohort total Returning students Cohort total Returning students
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
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 2022-2023 15 40%
2021-2022 16 50%
2020-2021 5 80%
2019-2020 7 43%
Bible & Theology 2022-2023 136 42%**
2021-2022 188 49%**
2020-2021 196 *
2016-2017 216 *
Business Administration 2022-2023 59 83%
2021-2022 87 71%
2020-2021 46 100%
2018-2019 50 100%
Church & Ministry Leadership 2022-2023 104 57%
2021-2022 126 85%
2020-2021 94 *
2016-2017 105 *
Communication & Media Arts 2022-2023 19 *
2021-2022 26 80%
2020-2021 24 71%
2019-2020 18 78%
Counseling & Social Work 2022-2023 46 74%
2021-2022 59 55%
2020-2021 22 100%
2016-2017 26 100%
Education 2022-2023 29 90%
2021-2022 39 83%
2020-2021 24 83%
2016-2017 17 82%
Music, Worship & Performing Arts 2022-2023 1 71%
2021-2022 11 40%
2020-2021 17 71%
2019-2020 6 83%

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

chart showing employment one year after graduation

 

2022-2023 Graduates Surveyed one year after graduation
Employed full-time in a position related to my college major 61
Employed full-time in a position NOT related to my college major 37
Employed part-time in a position related to my college major 16
Employed part-time in a position NOT related to my college major 6
Unemployed and seeking employment 7
Unemployed, not seeking employment (including retired) 7
Total 134
4a. Student Satisfaction - I feel that the program . . .

chart showing how students felt their program prepared them

4b. Student Satisfaction - I feel LBC prepared me . . .

chart of student response to how LBC prepared them
Source: Survey of 2022-2023 graduates. 105 responses.

2022-2023 Graduate Responses
Strongly Agree 36
Agree 49
Unsure/NA 12
Disagree 5
Strongly Disagree 3
Total 105
4c. Student Satisfaction - Please rate your overall experiences . . .

chart of overall evaluation of LBC

2024 Responses Excellent or Good
First-year students 92 of 101
Seniors 90 of 104
4d. 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