Bachelor's · Blue Mountain, Mississippi

Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Blue Mountain Christian University worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 18.5 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $42,137; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $42,363; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $17,756; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $112k (likely $112k – $138k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $9k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MS; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 18.5 years (likely 10.4–20+); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$196k (likely −$260k – −$137k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: −$125k (likely −$231k – −$11k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 42%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26