About
The Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary is an institution in Jacksonville, Texas, owned and operated by the Baptist Missionary Association of America. It is located off Texas State Highway 135 on the northeast side of Jacksonville.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 4 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 4 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data4 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools
Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Action history · 3
- Dec 2022Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Feb 2021Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools
- Dec 2017Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 15 students received $57K in Pell grants, alongside $46K in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 38 borrowers who entered repayment, 4 (10.5%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at BMATS
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
BMATS vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions BMATS selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectBaptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary | — | — | 75 | — | — |
Appalachian Bible College | 52% | 77.8% | 223 | $17,401 | — |
Beth Medrash Govoha | — | — | 9,657 | — | — |
Bethany Global University | 28% | 92.9% | 100 | $20,833 | — |
Carolina College of Biblical Studies | 0% | — | 212 | $18,745 | — |
Central Christian College of the Bible | 23% | 21.3% | 189 | $13,866 | — |
Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitz | 3% | 87.4% | 986 | $19,406 | — |
Clear Creek Baptist Bible College | 38% | — | 183 | $10,255 | — |
Heritage Bible College | 25% | — | 26 | $14,219 | — |
Heritage Christian University | 67% | 90.0% | 178 | — | — |
Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary | 50% | 80.0% | 593 | $5,360 | — |
Northpoint Bible College | 52% | — | 122 | $27,662 | — |
Ozark Christian College | 58% | 93.6% | 736 | $17,931 | — |
Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion | 83% | — | 548 | $8,943 | — |
Rabbinical College of America | 22% | 95.1% | 194 | $13,452 | — |
Reformed University | 50% | 73.4% | 294 | — | — |
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-Overbrook | 42% | 100.0% | 170 | $38,775 | — |
Saint John's Seminary | — | — | 86 | — | — |
Sh'or Yoshuv Rabbinical College | 0% | — | 156 | $11,600 | — |
Shasta Bible College and Graduate School | 50% | 100.0% | 25 | — | — |
St. John Vianney College Seminary | 83% | 92.9% | 79 | — | — |
SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary | 14% | 40.7% | 319 | $21,042 | — |
Talmudic College of Florida | 63% | — | 28 | $23,529 | — |
Yeshiva Karlin Stolin | 23% | 78.9% | 164 | $2,060 | — |
Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical College | 11% | — | 264 | $5,823 | — |
Yeshivah Gedolah Rabbinical College | 0% | — | 60 | $11,581 | — |
Yeshivath Shaar Hatorah | 53% | 72.2% | 87 | $11,613 | — |
| Peer group median | 40% | 87.4% | 178 | $14,043 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Notable alumni of BMATS (1)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Christopher D. Price
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