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IPEDS ID: 157748
OPE ID: 00198200

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
2825 Lexington Rd, Louisville, Kentucky 40280-0001

General information:	(800) 626-5525
Website:	www.sbts.edu/
Type:	4-year, Private not-for-profit
Awards offered:	Less than one year certificate One but less than two years certificate Associate's degree Two but less than 4 years certificate Bachelor's degree Postbaccalaureate certificate Master's degree Doctor's degree - research/scholarship Doctor's degree - other
Campus setting:	City: Large
Campus housing:	Yes
Student population:	4,266 (1,018 undergraduate)
Student-to-faculty ratio:	20 to 1

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General Information

Admissions	www.sbts.edu/admissions
Apply Online	www.sbts.edu/admissions/start-your-application/
Financial Aid	www.sbts.edu/future-students/financial-aid/
Net Price Calculator	boycecollege.com/admissions/financial-aid/
Tuition Policies for Servicemembers and Veterans	www.sbts.edu/admissions/financial-aid/veterans-benefits-and-gi-bill/
Disability Services	www.sbts.edu/students/center-for-student-success/students-with-disabilities/
Athletic Graduation Rates

Mission Statement

Under the lordship of Jesus Christ, the mission of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is to be totally committed to the Bible as the Word of God, to the Great Commission as our mandate, and to be a servant of the churches of the Southern Baptist Convention by training, educating, and preparing ministers of the gospel for more faithful service.

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance education – undergraduate programs offered
Distance education – graduate programs offered
Teacher certification (below the postsecondary level)

Student Services

Academic/career counseling service
Employment services for students
Placement services for completers
On-campus day care for students' children

Undergraduate students enrolled who are formally registered with office of disability services, Fall 2022

3% or less

High school students enrolled in college courses for credit, 2022-2023

231

Carnegie Classification

Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions

Religious Affiliation

Southern Baptist

Federal Aid

Eligible students' federally guaranteed loans may be deferred while enrolled.

For-credit instruction programs offered

Occupational
Academic

Noncredit education offered

Institution does not offer noncredit education

Credit Accepted

Advanced placement (AP) credits

Faculty and graduate assistants by primary function, Fall 2022	Full time	Part time
Total faculty	45	137
Instructional	44	89
Research and public service	1	48
Total graduate assistants	-	0
Instructional	-	0
Research	-	0

Tuition, Fees, and Estimated Student Expenses

Estimated Expenses for Full-time Beginning Undergraduate Students

Beginning students are those who are entering postsecondary education for the first time.

Estimated expenses for academic year	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	% change 2022-2023 to 2023-2024
Tuition and fees	$11,896	$11,896	$12,000	$13,086	9.1%
Books and supplies	$1,700	$1,700	$1,700	$1,700	0.0%
Living arrangement
On Campus
Food and Housing	$7,450	$7,450	$7,450	$8,142	9.3%
Other expenses	$1,500	$1,500	$1,500	$1,500	0.0%
Off Campus
Food and Housing	$2,460	$2,460	$2,460	$2,460	0.0%
Other expenses	$1,500	$1,500	$1,500	$1,500	0.0%
Off Campus with Family
Other expenses	$1,500	$1,500	$1,500	$1,500	0.0%
Total Expenses	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	% change 2022-2023 to 2023-2024
On Campus	$22,546	$22,546	$22,650	$24,428	7.8%
Off Campus	$17,556	$17,556	$17,660	$18,746	6.1%
Off Campus with Family	$15,096	$15,096	$15,200	$16,286	7.1%

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Average graduate student tuition and fees for academic year	2023-2024
Tuition	$9,252
Fees	$750

The Cost of Attendance varies by program.; The Tuition and Fees includes the cost of books and supplies.;

Alternative Tuition Plans and Promise Program

Type of Plan	Offered
Tuition guarantee plan
Prepaid tuition plan
Tuition payment plan	X
Other alternative tuition plan

Does not participate in Promise program

Financial Aid

Undergraduate Student Financial Aid, 2022-2023

Full-time Beginning Undergraduate Students

Beginning students are those who are entering postsecondary education for the first time.

Type of Aid	Number awarded aid	Percent awarded aid	Total amount of aid awarded	Average amount of aid awarded
Any student financial aid¹	86	53%	——	——
Grant or scholarship aid	65	40%	$103,200	$1,588
Federal grants	0	0%	$0	—
Pell grants	0	0%	$0	—
Other federal grants	0	0%	$0	—
State/local government grant or scholarships	0	0%	$0	—
Institutional grants or scholarships	65	40%	$103,200	$1,588
Student loan aid	35	22%	$505,205	$14,434
Federal student loans	0	0%	$0	—
Other student loans	35	22%	$505,205	$14,434

¹ Includes students awarded Federal work study aid and aid from other sources not listed above.

All Undergraduate Students

Type of Aid	Number awarded aid	Percent awarded aid	Total amount of aid awarded	Average amount of aid awarded
Degree/certificate-seeking
Grant or scholarship aid¹	248	29%	$388,884	$1,568
Pell grants	0	0%	$0	—
Federal student loans	0	0%	$0	—
Non-degree/non-certificate-seeking
Grant or scholarship aid¹	0	0%	$0	—

¹ Grant or scholarship aid includes aid awarded, from the federal government, state or local government, the institution, and other sources known by the institution.

For more information on Student Financial Assistance Programs or to apply for financial aid via the web, visit Federal Student Aid.

Net Price

Average Net Price for Full-Time Beginning Students

Full-time beginning undergraduate students who were awarded grant or scholarship aid from federal, state or local governments, or the institution.

	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023
Average net price	$18,180	$19,205	$19,873

Full-time beginning undergraduate students who were awarded Title IV aid by income.

Average net price by Income	2022-2023
$0 – $30,000	—
$30,001 – $48,000	—
$48,001 – $75,000	—
$75,001 – $110,000	—
$110,001 and more	—

Average net price is generated by subtracting the average amount of federal, state/local government, or institutional grant or scholarship aid from the total cost of attendance. Total cost of attendance is the sum of published tuition and required fees, books and supplies, and the weighted average for Food and Housing and other expenses.

Beginning students are those who are entering postsecondary education for the first time.

Title IV aid to students includes grant aid, work study aid, and loan aid. These include: Federal Pell Grant, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG), National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (National SMART Grant), Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant, Federal Work-Study, Federal Perkins Loan, Subsidized Direct or FFEL Stafford Loan, and Unsubsidized Direct or FFEL Stafford Loan. For those Title IV recipients, net price is reported by income category and includes students awarded federal aid even if none of that aid was provided in the form of grants. While Title IV status defines the cohort of student for which the data are reported, the definition of net price remains the same – total cost of attendance minus grant aid.

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Enrollment

Fall 2022

Total enrollment	4,266
Undergraduate enrollment	1,018
Undergraduate transfer-in enrollment	0
Graduate enrollment	3,248

Undergraduate Attendance Status	Undergraduate Student Gender

Undergraduate Race/ethnicity

Undergraduate Student Age	Undergraduate Student Residence

Age data are reported for Fall 2021.

Residence data are reported for first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates.

Undergraduate Distance Education Status

Graduate Attendance Status

Graduate Distance Education Status

Admissions


Undergraduate application fee (2023-2024):	$40

Undergraduate Admissions Fall 2023

	Total	Male	Female
Number of applicants	289	172	117
Percent admitted	97%	97%	97%
Percent admitted who enrolled	63%	62%	63%

Admissions Considerations	Required to be considered	Not considered
Secondary school GPA	X
Secondary school rank		X
Secondary school record	X
Completion of college-preparatory program		X
Recommendations	X
Formal demonstration of competencies		X
Work experience		X
Personal statement or essay	X
Legacy status	Not applicable	X

Admission test scores	Required to be considered	Not required, but considered (Test Optional)	Not considered (Test Blind)
SAT / ACT		X
Other Test (Wonderlic,WISC-III,etc)			X
English Proficiency Test	X

Test Scores: Fall 2023 (enrolled first-time students)

Students submitting scores	Number	Percent
SAT	52	30%
ACT	68	39%

Test Scores	25th Percentile*	50th Percentile** (median)	75th Percentile***
NOTES: * 25% of students scored at or below 50% of students scored above and 50% scored below (i.e., midpoint of the test score distribution) * 25% of students scored above
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing	528	570	613
SAT Math	500	545	590
ACT Composite	20	22	25
ACT English	19	22	26
ACT Math	17	19	23

Data apply to first-time degree/certificate-seeking students.
Institutions are asked to report test scores only if they are required for admission. If an institution reports less than 5 students for any of the test scores, percentiles are not reported.

Retention and Graduation Rates

First-to-Second Year Retention Rates

Retention rates measure the percentage of first-time students who are seeking bachelor's degrees who return to the institution to continue their studies the following fall.

Retention Rates for First-Time Students Pursuing Bachelor's Degrees

Percentage of Students Who Began Their Studies in Fall 2021 and Returned in Fall 2022

Overall Graduation Rate and Transfer-Out Rate

The overall graduation rate is also known as the "Student Right to Know" or IPEDS graduation rate. It tracks the progress of students who began their studies as full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking students to see if they complete a degree or other award such as a certificate within 150% of "normal time" for completing the program in which they are enrolled.

Some institutions also report a transfer-out rate, which is the percentage of the full-time, first-time students who transferred to another institution without completing at the current institution.

Note that not all students at the institution are tracked for these rates. Students who have already attended another postsecondary institution, or who began their studies on a part-time basis, are not tracked for this rate. At this institution, 57 percent of entering students were counted as "full-time, first-time" in 2022.

Overall Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates for Students Who Began Their Studies in Fall 2017

Percentage of Full-time, First-Time Students Who Graduated or Transferred Out Within 150% of "Normal Time" to Completion for Their Program

(*) Not all institutions report transfer-out rates.

Bachelor's Degree Graduation Rates

Bachelor’s degree graduation rates measure the percentage of entering students beginning their studies full-time and are planning to get a bachelor’s degree and who complete their degree program within a specified amount of time.

Graduation Rates for Students Pursuing Bachelor's Degrees

Percentage of Full-time, First-time Students Who Graduated in the Specified Amount of Time and Began in Fall 2015 or Fall 2017

6-Year Graduation Rate by Gender for Students Pursuing Bachelor's Degrees

Percentage of Full-time, First-time Students Who Began Their Studies in Fall 2017 and Received a Degree or Award Within 150% of "Normal Time" to Completion for Their Program

6-Year Graduation Rate by Race/Ethnicity for Students Pursuing Bachelor's Degrees

Percentage of Full-time, First-time Students Who Began Their Studies in Fall 2017 and Received a Degree or Award Within 150% of "Normal Time" to Completion for Their Program

Outcome Measures

Alternative measures of student success are reported by degree-granting institutions to describe the outcomes of degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who are not only first-time, full-time students, but also part-time attending and non-first-time (transfer-in) students. These measures are also reported for students receiving Pell grants and those students that do not receive Pell grants. These measures provide the 8-year award-completion rates by award level (certificates, associate's and bachelor degrees) after entering an institution. For students who did not earn any undergraduate award after 8-years of entry, the enrollment statuses are reported as either still enrolled at the institution, or subsequently transferred out of the institution. Unlike the Graduation Rates data, all reporting institutions must report on their transfer outs regardless if the institution has a mission that provides substantial transfer preparation.

FULL-TIME, FIRST-TIME DEGREE/CERTIFICATE-SEEKING UNDERGRADUATES WHO ENTERED IN 2015-16

PART-TIME, FIRST-TIME DEGREE/CERTIFICATE-SEEKING UNDERGRADUATES WHO ENTERED IN 2015-16

FULL-TIME, NON-FIRST-TIME DEGREE/CERTIFICATE-SEEKING UNDERGRADUATES WHO ENTERED IN 2015-16

PART-TIME, NON-FIRST-TIME DEGREE/CERTIFICATE-SEEKING UNDERGRADUATES WHO ENTERED IN 2015-16

Institution only reported students who did not receive Pell Grants in 2015-16

Programs/Majors

Completions (Number of awards conferred) 2022-2023

Completions are the number of awards conferred by program and award level.

Program	Undergraduate Certificate	Postgraduate Certificate	Associate	Bachelor	Master	Doctor
Data shown are for first majors. (-) Program is not offered at this award level. ^d identifies programs and award levels that are offered as a distance education program. For program category totals, ^d is shown if one or more programs in the category are offered as a distance education program.
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
Business Administration and Management, General	-	-	-	24	-	-
Category total	-	-	-	24	-	-
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
Communication, General	-	-	-	6	-	-
Category total	-	-	-	6	-	-
Education
Elementary Education and Teaching	-	-	-	7	-	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	4	-	-	-	-	-
Category total	4	-	-	7	-	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	-	-	-	7	-	-
Category total	-	-	-	7	-	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies
Philosophy and Religious Studies, General	-	-	-	5	4	-
Category total	-	-	-	5	4	-
Theology and Religious Vocations
Divinity/Ministry	-	-	-	-	267	-
Lay Ministry	0	-	-	-	0	-
Missions/Missionary Studies	0	10^d	-	-	40	9
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries, Other	-	-	-	-	36	21
Pastoral Studies/Counseling	-	-	-	-	0	12
Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies	4	-	-	-	-	-
Religious Education	0	-	-	-	11	7
Religious/Sacred Music	-	-	-	-	7	2
Theological and Ministerial Studies, Other	-	-	-	3	16	2
Theology/Theological Studies	0	-	4	46	41	124
Youth Ministry	-	-	-	4	0	-
Category total	4	10^d	4	53	418	177
Grand total	8	10	4	102	422	177

Servicemembers and Veterans

Services and Programs for Servicemembers and Veterans

Dedicated point of contact for support services for veterans, military servicemembers, and their families

Tuition policies specifically for Veterans and Servicemembers

www.sbts.edu/admissions/financial-aid/veterans-benefits-and-gi-bill/

Educational Benefits, 2022-2023

Number of students receiving benefits/assistance

Average amount of benefits/assistance disbursed through the institution

RETENTION RATES

RETENTION RATES FOR FIRST-TIME, DEGREE/CERTIFICATE EDUCATION BENEFIT USERS PURSUING BACHELOR'S DEGREES

Retention rate is the percentage of undergraduate students who began their studies in academic year 2013-14 and returned in academic year 2014-15

Varsity Athletic Teams

No varsity sports data reported for this institution. Data on varsity athletics are submitted annually as required by the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act (EADA), by all co-educational postsecondary institutions that have an intercollegiate athletics program. For the most recent data collection, EADA did not collect data on varsity athletics for programs that were cancelled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic.

For further information on varsity athletic teams please visit the OPE Athletics Home Page.

Accreditation

Institutional Accreditation

Accreditor	Status	Next Review Date
Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools	Accredited since (01/01/1938)	07/31/2033
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges	Accredited since (01/01/1968)	12/01/2033

For more detailed information on accreditation for this institution, including all actions and justification for actions, visit OPE's Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs: ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/institution-profile/118116.

Campus Security and Safety

No campus security data reported for this institution.

Cohort Default Rates

Three-year Official Cohort Default Rates

This institution is not found on the current Federal loan default rates database. Cohort Default Rate (CDR) data are not included when number of borrowers entering repayment includes 10 or fewer borrowers for all 3 cohort years.

For further information on default rates please visit the Default Management Home Page.

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