by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary was awarded 29 badges in the 2024 rankings.
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SBTS was not ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
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When it comes to admittance, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 80%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
About 31% of students accepted to SBTS submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 650. Math scores were between 510 and 600.
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With a student to faculty ratio of 18 to 1, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has a freshmen retention rate of 83%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at SBTS is 27%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 964 undergraduates at SBTS with 593 being full-time and 371 being part-time.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At SBTS, approximately 23% of students took out student loans averaging $13,723 a year. That adds up to $54,892 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for SBTS are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2825 Lexington Rd, Louisville, KY 40280-0001 |
| Phone: | 800-626-5525 |
| Website: | www.sbts.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/TheSBTS |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/SBTS |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Theological & Ministerial Studies | 52 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 9 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 8 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 5 | NA |
| General Philosophy & Religious Studies | 5 | NA |
| Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries | 2 | NA |
| Missionary Studies | 0 | NA |
| Religious Education | 0 | NA |
| Sacred Music | 0 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 2,313 students took at least one online class at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. This is an increase from the 2,224 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,313 | 987 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,224 | 977 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,505 | 607 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,583 | 647 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,889 | 1,304 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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