- The Inkwell
- California
- SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary
El Dorado Hills, CASuburb: largeZIP 95762
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: faith-related
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 2005
- Website
- www.sum.edu
CaliforniaReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary
SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary is a private nonprofit faith-based college in El Dorado Hills, California, with 198 undergraduates. It admits 41% of applicants, graduates 86% within six years and costs $24,260 a year after aid.
86%graduate
Admission rate41%
Retention64%
4-year graduation1.7%
Pell Grant share43%
Federal loans22%
$24,260net price / year
41%admission rate
—average SAT
86%graduate in 6 years
$41,407median earnings, 10 yrs
$21,334median debt
#1,537 of 1,704 for earnings#1,180 of 1,739 for lowest net price#102 of 1,738 for graduation rate#167 of 1,552 for selectivity
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
- $27,374tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $5,660
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $5,660
- Average net price
- $24,260national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$24,669
$30,001–48,000$22,399
$48,001–75,000$23,791
$75,001–110,000—
$110,001+—
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 41%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college41%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college64%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college86%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college43%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 86%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 1.7%
- First-year retention
- 64%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 52%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $35,158
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $41,407middle 50%: $23,525–$61,462
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,334
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$61,462
Median, SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary$41,407
Lower quarter$23,525
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
- 198
- Part-time
- 28%
- Women / men
- 40% / 60%
- Average age at entry
- 28.3
- First-generation students
- 54%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 43%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 18 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- —
- Average faculty salary
- $5,000 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $4,214
- Endowment, end of year
- $82,000
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White31%
Hispanic19%
Black26%
Asian12%
Two or more races1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native6.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1.0%
Unknown4.5%
1 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Theology & religious vocations100%
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