- The Inkwell
- Louisiana
- New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
New Orleans, LACity: largeZIP 70126Founded 1917
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1917
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: faith-related
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 2023
- Website
- www.nobts.edu
LouisianaReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary is a private nonprofit faith-based college in New Orleans, Louisiana, with 865 undergraduates. It graduates 61% within six years and costs $16,399 a year after aid.
61%graduate
Retention92%
4-year graduation14%
Pell Grant share16%
Federal loans2.8%
$16,399net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
61%graduate in 6 years
—median earnings, 10 yrs
—median debt
#594 of 1,739 for lowest net price#633 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $25,952tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $12,520
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $12,520
- Average net price
- $16,399national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$15,973
$30,001–48,000—
$48,001–75,000—
$75,001–110,000$20,025
$110,001+—
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college92%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college61%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college16%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 61%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 14%
- First-year retention
- 92%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 20%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- 3-year loan default rate
- —
Earnings ten years after entry
Median, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary—
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 865
- Part-time
- 43%
- Women / men
- 37% / 63%
- Average age at entry
- —
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 16%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 19 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 100%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,759 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $12,047
- Endowment, end of year
- $82,053,303
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White60%
Hispanic5.7%
Black16%
Asian1.7%
Two or more races0.6%
U.S. nonresident3.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.9%
Unknown12%
3 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Theology & religious vocations93%
Psychology5.1%
Philosophy & religious studies2.3%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 159948. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q11283766.