by our College Data Analytics TeamMake an informed decision about your education by understanding how Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's retention and graduation rates impact you. First year retention rates let you know how many students come back for their sophomore year. Graduation rates tell you how long it takes to complete a degree at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary . Remember, every extra semester it takes to graduate will increase the cost of your degree.
We were not able to determine the freshman retention rate at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary .
Nationwide, the average first year to second year retention rate is 69.0% . When looking at just colleges and universities in Texas , the average is 65.0% .
At Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary , there were 268 bachelors degree candidates in the class of 2016 . By 2018 , six years after beginning their degree, 42.2% of these students had graduated. After an additional two years, 47.0% of this class eventually completed their degree.
We consider the "on-time" graduation rate for a bachelor's degree to be four years, but colleges typically report their graduation rates after six or even eight years.
This implies that 53.0% did not graduate within eight years. Of these 143 students, 6 were still working towards their degree, 0 had transferred to a different institution, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary lost contact with the remaining 136 whom we assume dropped out.
First-time, full-time students under the age of 25 are much more likely to graduate in four years (on-time). Some schools cater mostly to traditional students while others cater to “non-traditional” students who may be attending part time and thus are likely to take longer to graduate.
Comparing the graduation rates of specific cohorts shown below will be more revealing than the overall statistics shared above.
With a four year graduation rate of N/A , first-time students in the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary class of 2016 who attended classes full-time After six years, the graduation rate was 44.4% and by 2020 ,51.2% of this class had completed their degree.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for first-time undergraduates attending classes full-time is: 35.8% after four years, 46.4% after six years, and 47.8% after eight years.
Of these 79 students, 2 were still working towards their degree, 0 had transferred to a different institution, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary lost contact with the remaining 77 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 38.7% , first-time students in the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary class of 2016 who attended classes part-time were among the most likely in the nation to graduate in a reasonable time. After eight years, the graduation rate was 40.6% .
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for first-time undergraduates attending classes part-time is: 21.6% after six years and 23.7% after eight years.
Of these 63 students, 4 were still working towards their degree, 0 had transferred to a different institution, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary lost contact with the remaining 59 whom we assume dropped out.
None of the students in Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's class of 2016 were classified as as a "returning" student attending classes "full-time".
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for returning undergraduates attending classes full-time is: 53.8% after six years and 55.1% after eight years.
None of the students in Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's class of 2016 were classified as as a "returning" student attending classes "part-time".
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for returning undergraduates attending classes part-time is: 36.0% after six years and 37.8% after eight years.