VCI has the following seven means to evaluate its educational effectiveness:

1. Student achievement of competencies
   • Student learning related to institutional mission
   • Integration of theological disciplines – Five strands
   • Achievement of educational objectives
   • Student grade distribution
   • Student average grades for each unit
2. Graduation rates
3. Employment rates
4. Evaluation by churches and ministry organizations
   • Individual student growth
   • Student growth by categories
   • Average student change by categories
   • Individual student change by categories
5. Student satisfaction surveys
   • Student evaluation of a unit on exegesis
   • Student evaluation of achievement of competencies
   • Student evaluation of faculty
6. Complaints received
7. Validation of assessment