Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 11 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 11 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data11 · 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.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 8
- Jun 2024Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2024Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2024Removal of Monitoring StatusSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2023Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2022Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
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, 133 students received $681K in Pell grants.
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 1 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
Academic programs at NOBTS
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.
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
- Farnsworth Apartments1 fireCookingDamage $0-$99
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
NOBTS vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions NOBTS 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectNew Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary | 74% | — | 2,349 | $10,829 | — |
| 48% | — | 95 | $45,460 | — | |
| — | — | 1,689 | — | — | |
| 35% | 55.9% | 4,298 | — | — | |
| — | 78.2% | 1,119 | $14,580 | Community College | |
| — | 13.1% | 967 | $37,920 | Community College | |
| Peer group median | 48% | 55.9% | 1,404 | $26,250 |
Institutions like NOBTS
Explore the federal data for institutions in NOBTS's comparison group.
- Louisiana
Saint Joseph Seminary College
Grad rate48%Admit rate—Enrollment95Net price$45,460View data - Kentucky
Asbury Theological Seminary
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,689Net price—View data - Kentucky
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Grad rate35%Admit rate55.9%Enrollment4,298Net price—View data - Community CollegeSouth Carolina
Spartanburg Methodist College
Grad rate—Admit rate78.2%Enrollment1,119Net price$14,580View data - Community CollegeGeorgia
Emory University-Oxford College
Grad rate—Admit rate13.1%Enrollment967Net price$37,920View data
NOBTS Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The purpose of these pages is to share resources about how to do effective assessment of our Seminary programs, as well as to make information available to our faculty, students, and all interested publics about the effectiveness of our educational programs at NOBTS.
Visit IR office page- Dr. Sandy VandercookAssociate Vice President for Accreditation and Assessment, Professor of English and Education and Associate Dean of Leavell College
- Dr. Michael WangDirector of Institutional Effectiveness, Assistant Professor of Discipleship
- Ms. Angela RayAdministrative Assistant in Institutional Effectiveness
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