Since the fall of 2007, the college has offered full-tuition scholarships to students who enroll full-time and pay to live in the residence halls.

[5] In 1917, evangelist and teacher Scott T. Clark founded the Kansas Central Bible Training School on the site of Haviland Friends Academy, a Quaker high school in Haviland, Kansas.

[citation needed] By 1968, the school's vision put an emphasis on the four-year institution, leading to closure of the high school program and an effort to secure necessary faculty and facilities.

This effort received general recognition in 1975 with the granting of full accreditation by the Association for Biblical Higher Education.

In 2012 over 200 students were on campus, and online, extension sites, and graduate studies brought the total headcount up to 292.