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Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

NC · Private nonprofit · Large suburb · 124 applicants 2023

77% admit rate SAT 920–1230 $13K–$23K/yr — aid decides
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Parent/student verdict

Accessible

Accessible for most applicants. Heavy discounting — among 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

  • You'd be near the bottom of their admitted class if: SAT below 920, or ACT below 18 (test bands are the school's own; the GPA floor is our estimate, not a published figure)

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Institutional snapshot

What kind of college is this?

Carnegie classification
Doctoral/Professional Universities
Undergraduates
585
1,000 - 4,999 including graduate students
TuitionThe published full price before any aid. Families who don't qualify for need-based aid at a given college pay this, minus any merit scholarships — whether you qualify depends on the college's price and policies, not on any fixed income line.
$11,318
flat rate (no in/out-of-state split) · 2023–24 federal figure
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 the enrolled first-years who sent this test scored in this range — a quarter of them scored BELOW the low end and still got in, and a quarter scored above the high end. At a test-optional college the students who submitted are often a minority of the class, so the range describes them rather than everyone who enrolled. 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 the enrolled first-years who sent this test scored in this range — a quarter of them scored BELOW the low end and still got in, and a quarter scored above the high end. At a test-optional college the students who submitted are often a minority of the class, so the range describes them rather than everyone who enrolled. 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

18% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, 18% an ACT — these ranges describe students who submitted, not the whole class.

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).

Graduate within 6 yrsThe share of students who start here and finish a bachelor's within six years — the standard federal measure, and the one College Scorecard publishes. It is not a four-year rate. Read it as the odds of finishing at all: nationally about a third of students who start never do, and an unfinished degree is the most expensive outcome in this decision.
58%

The real cost

What Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary actually costs

If you qualify for need aidGrant money based on your family's finances (via FAFSA and the college's own forms), not your student's stats.
$13,090/yr
average among aid-receiving families, all incomes — your number depends on your finances
If you don't
$22,632/yr
the full published price

Which side your family lands on isn't set by any national income line — it's set by Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary's own aid decision: the gap between its price and your family's finances.

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Source: College Scorecard (average net price among Title IV first-time, full-time undergraduates who received aid) and each college's published cost of attendance. We don't show the federal net-price-by-income brackets: their categories were fixed in 2008 and never adjusted, and none of the averages is your family's own number — the full story. Payoff = (10-yr median earnings × 10) − (4 years of cost), in dollars — how far ahead a typical graduate runs by year ten; medians travel with the students a college admits and the majors they choose as much as with the college itself. 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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Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is a private nonprofit four-year college in NC. It admitted 77% of applicants (124 applied, 2023). Test policy: Test-optional.

Middle 50% of enrolled first-years who submitted that test: SAT 920–1230, ACT 18–26. 18% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, 18% an ACT — these ranges describe students who submitted, not the whole class.

Cost: about $13,090 a year on average with aid, $22,632 a year at full price.

Machine-readable version of this page: https://highschoolreach.com/colleges/southeastern-baptist-theological-seminary.json

By major: EnglishHistoryPhilosophyBiblical StudiesMissionary StudiesTheologyYouth Ministry

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.

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