- The Inkwell
- Kentucky
- The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville, KYCity: largeZIP 40280Founded 1859
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1859
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: faith-related
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1985
- Website
- www.sbts.edu
KentuckyReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is a private nonprofit faith-based college in Louisville, Kentucky, with 848 undergraduates. It admits 56% of applicants and graduates 48% within six years.
48%graduate
Admission rate56%
Retention79%
4-year graduation45%
Pell Grant share0%
Federal loans8.7%
—net price / year
56%admission rate
1120average SAT
48%graduate in 6 years
—median earnings, 10 yrs
—median debt
#1,112 of 1,738 for graduation rate#307 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
- —tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $11,476
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $11,476
- Average net price
- —national median $19,980
Net price by family income
The college does not report net price by income.
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 56%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1120
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 520–640
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 490–590
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 19–27
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college56%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college79%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college48%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college0%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 48%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 45%
- First-year retention
- 79%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 36%
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, The Southern 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
- 848
- Part-time
- 22%
- Women / men
- 44% / 56%
- Average age at entry
- —
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 0%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 16 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 100%
- Average faculty salary
- $8,442 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $5,040
- Endowment, end of year
- $102,810,744
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White90%
Hispanic0.4%
Black1.9%
Asian2.8%
U.S. nonresident4.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Unknown0.1%
6 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Theology & religious vocations38%
Business & management22%
Communication & journalism11%
Liberal arts & humanities11%
Education10%
Philosophy & religious studies7.1%
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|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Wesleyan College Owensboro, KY | $19,409 | 46% | $52,218 |
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 157748. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7569667.