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.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 33 Title IV programs, 2 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 31 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing2 · 6.1%
- No Data31 · 93.9%
- 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.
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 · 4
- Dec 2023Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2023Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools
- Aug 2014Change in Agency recognitionNational Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation · Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs
- Dec 2012Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Academic programs at SBTS
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
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
SBTS vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions SBTS 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectThe Southern Baptist Theological Seminary | 40% | — | 4,298 | — | — |
Asbury Theological Seminary | — | — | 1,689 | — | — |
Clear Creek Baptist Bible College | 38% | — | 183 | $10,255 | — |
Lexington Theological Seminary | — | — | 82 | — | — |
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary | — | — | 103 | — | — |
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary | 70% | — | 2,349 | — | — |
| Peer group median | 40% | — | 936 | $10,255 |
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