Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients here graduate at a 3.8-point higher rate than non-Pell students, unusual and worth a closer look.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 37 Title IV programs, 3 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 34 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing3 · 8.1%
- No Data34 · 91.9%
- 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.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Association for Biblical Higher Education, Commission on Accreditation
Higher Learning Commission
Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools
Action history · 5
- Jun 2023Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools
- Jan 2023Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
- Sep 2022Grant Substantive Change: ProgramAssociation for Biblical Higher Education, Commission on Accreditation
- Jun 2019Accreditation Reaffirmed: Warning RemovedHigher Learning Commission
- Jun 2017Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: WarningHigher Learning Commission
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 393 students received $2.0M in Pell grants, alongside $5.4M 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 192 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below 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 MBTS
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
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 4
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
- On campus1
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.
MBTS vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions MBTS 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectMidwestern Baptist Theological Seminary | 48% | — | 3,945 | $23,006 | — |
| 58% | 93.6% | 736 | $20,580 | — | |
| — | — | 550 | — | — | |
| — | — | 589 | — | — | |
| 44% | — | 434 | $21,383 | — | |
| 23% | 21.3% | 189 | $14,356 | — | |
| Peer group median | 46% | 57.5% | 570 | $20,982 |
Institutions like MBTS
Explore the federal data for institutions in MBTS's comparison group.
- Missouri
Ozark Christian College
Grad rate58%Admit rate93.6%Enrollment736Net price$20,580View data - Missouri
Covenant Theological Seminary
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment550Net price—View data - Missouri
Concordia Seminary
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment589Net price—View data - Missouri
Mission University
Grad rate44%Admit rate—Enrollment434Net price$21,383View data - Missouri
Central Christian College of the Bible
Grad rate23%Admit rate21.3%Enrollment189Net price$14,356View data
MBTS Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
- Jared A. KathcartDean of Institutional Effectiveness and Registrar
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