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Is Oak Hills Christian College worth it?
A first pass affordability and outcome read for Oak Hills Christian, using national average inputs. Run your own numbers for a personalized score.
Worth-It Score
Heavy lift
Oak Hills Christian lands in the heavy lift band for a typical family. The combination of $20,227 in yearly net price and $20,980 in median debt asks a lot relative to median earnings of $35,983. For context, Oak Hills Christian's net price is about 8% above the typical 4-year, private nonprofit school. This does not make the school wrong for every student, but it does mean the price deserves a closer test.
Is the price fair?
Compared to 1237 similar 4-year, private nonprofit schools
This school
$24,674
/yrAverage school like this
$22,837
/yrNet price is slightly above average
You'd pay about $1,837 more per year than the typical student at a similar school. Over 4 years that's roughly $7,000 in extra cost.
Score breakdown
The public version of the score weighs affordability, after graduation outcomes, and repayment burden.
Affordability
40% weight
The yearly net price is doing real work against the score and raises the financing burden quickly.
Outcome
40% weight
The outcome data does not create enough margin to fully offset the cost.
Repayment
20% weight
Median debt stays in a more comfortable repayment range for a typical graduate.
The numbers behind the score
Median net price per year
$20,227
Median earnings 10 years out
$35,983
Median debt at graduation
$20,980
Graduation rate
27%
At Oak Hills Christian, a typical graduate carries about $20,980 in student debt and earns roughly $35,983 ten years after enrolling. On a standard 10-year repayment plan, that works out to about $239 per month, or 8% of pre-tax income. That sits inside a borrower comfort range for many graduates.
How earnings compare to a high school diploma
Graduates earn $5,817 less than the typical high school graduate ($41,800) ten years after entering this school. A federal rule finalized in July 2026 ties undergraduate student-loan eligibility to a comparison like this one, with the first calculations expected in 2027.
65% of former students here out-earned that benchmark ten years after entry, per College Scorecard.
Context, not a federal determination: the official test will use earnings measured four years after completion and thresholds the Department of Education has not yet published, which may vary by state. Our figure is College Scorecard median earnings ten years after entry. How this works
What this means for your family
Oak Hills Christian is a private nonprofit four year school in Bemidji, MN. Private pricing can swing more dramatically based on aid, so your personalized score matters more here than the national average view alone.
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Common questions about Oak Hills Christian
The median net price at Oak Hills Christian is $20,227 per year. That is the average yearly price after typical grant aid for students in the public federal data, not the published sticker price.
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The Worth-It Score weighs affordability (40%), after graduation outcomes (40%), and repayment burden (20%). Underlying data points come from publicly available federal higher education reporting. See full methodology →
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