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Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

NC · Private nonprofit · Large suburb · 124 applicants 2023

77% admit rate SAT 920–1230 $22,632/yr full price
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🎯 Parent/student verdict

Likely

Accessible for most applicants. Heavy discounting — aid recipients average ~$13,090/yr net; strong students should also check the merit grid.

✅ Best for

  • Students focused on Theology & Religious Vocations (the school's signature program)
  • Families wanting a small liberal-arts experience

🎯 The reality

  • Bottom-quartile academic profile if: SAT below 920, or ACT below 18 (admitted-class quartiles; GPA floor is a calibrated heuristic where CDS not yet on file)

Verdict is composed from this college's structured data (admit rate, SAT bands, net price by income, Carnegie classification, scholarship grids) using transparent rule thresholds — not a chat-bot's opinion.

🏛️ Institutional snapshot

What kind of college is this?

Carnegie classification
Doctoral/Professional Universities
Total enrollment
585
1,000 - 4,999
TuitionThe published full price before any aid. Families who don't qualify for need-based aid — common above ~$110K income — pay this, minus any merit scholarships.
$11,318
flat rate (no in/out-of-state split)
Admit rateThe share of applicants a college accepts. Useful context, but your student's odds depend on their own grades and scores, not the average.
76.6%
Accessible
SAT middle 50%The middle half of enrolled students scored in this range — a quarter scored BELOW the low end and still got in, and a quarter scored above the high end. Above the top number is a genuine strength; below the bottom isn't automatic rejection.
920–1230
EBRW + Math composite
ACT middle 50%The middle half of enrolled students scored in this range — a quarter scored BELOW the low end and still got in, and a quarter scored above the high end. Above the top number is a genuine strength; below the bottom isn't automatic rejection.
18–26
composite
Test policyApplicants choose whether to send SAT/ACT scores. At many such colleges, students who submit strong scores are still admitted at higher rates.
Test-optional
2023

Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard (20260606 vintage) for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.

📊 Outcomes & cost

What graduates actually earn, finish, and owe.

Federal College Scorecard data. Earnings are median annual income measured years after entering. Debt is for federal-aid borrowers only (cash-pay students aren't counted).

4-year completionThe share of students who finish a bachelor's in four years. Nationally barely half do — and a fifth year quietly adds a full extra year of cost to the real price.
58%

💰 The real cost

What families at your income actually pay

Aid recipients at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary average $13,090/yr; the full price without aid is about ~$22,632/yr. One caveat, once: every bracket figure here averages only the families in that bracket who received aid — it says nothing about whether your family will qualify.

🔎 Earning over $110K? You're above the top federal bracket — the median family headed by a 45-to-54-year-old (the prime college-parent years) earned about $134K in 2024, and the federal data lumps everyone from $110K to $1M+ into one row.

Whether you'll get need aidGrant money based on your family's finances (via FAFSA and the college's own forms), not your student's stats. at this income is entirely college-specific: a few heavily-endowed schools meet full need well past $150K, while many others give little above the brackets shown — there, merit scholarships, where offered, become the realistic lever.

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Family income $110k+ most Reach families
data suppressed
Family income $75-110k
$4,099/yr
Family income $48-75k
$11,970/yr
Family income $30-48k
$12,263/yr
Family income $0-30k
$18,587/yr

Source: College Scorecard (NPT41–NPT45; Title IV first-time, full-time undergraduates; suppressed brackets = small cohorts; the $110K+ ceiling is a federal data limitation — the brackets haven't been refreshed since the early 2010s). Payoff multiple = (10-yr median earnings × 10) ÷ (4-yr cost); full price is the published cost of attendance; earnings are 10 years after enrollment, all majors combined.

📚 What students study here

Most popular majors at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary actually graduates — not just what it markets.

1. Theology & Religious Vocations
79 degrees · 83.2%
2. Philosophy & Religious Studies
6 degrees · 6.3%
Pre-law / pre-theology / academia. Real income depends on the next degree.
3. History
6 degrees · 6.3%
Historians are rare; most grads go into adjacent fields — teaching, law, museum/archival, policy.
4. English Language & Literature
2 degrees · 2.1%
Writing-heavy roles. Variance is huge — corporate technical writers pay 2× journalists.
5. Liberal Arts, Humanities, & General Studies
2 degrees · 2.1%
Flexible degree → many paths. Real outcomes depend on the second skill (data, coding, teaching cert).

Sources: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a; bachelor's-level first majors, 2-digit CIP family — share is of the top 5 only). Full college-vs-major comparison: /college-outcomes →

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💰 Lower full price
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Same state and similar selectivity, but with a more forgiving admit rate — useful safety / match anchors.
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