SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary Overview

Located in El Dorado Hills, California, SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary is a private not-for-profit institution. Students who love country life may enjoy the rural location of School of Urban Missions.

What Is SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary Known For?

• Students at School of Urban Missions have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The master's degree is the highest award offered at School of Urban Missions.
• For the <nil> academic year, 14% of the faculty were full-time.
• It takes the average School of Urban Missions student 4.0 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary?

Contact details for School of Urban Missions are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1101 Investment Blvd. #200, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
Phone:	916-306-1628
Website:	www.sum.edu

How Do I Get Into School of Urban Missions?

You can apply to School of Urban Missions online at: www.sum.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for School of Urban Missions

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Considered but not required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into School of Urban Missions?

Since School of Urban Missions has an acceptance rate of 100%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 46% of accepted students are men and 54% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 100%, and the acceptance rate for women is 100%.

Can I Afford SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary?

The overall average net price of School of Urban Missions is $18,679. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At School of Urban Missions, approximately 73% of students took out student loans averaging $4,974 a year. That adds up to $19,896 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at School of Urban Missions is 0.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 416 undergraduate students at School of Urban Missions, with 352 being full-time and 64 being part-time.

There are also 212 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 352 full-time undergraduates at School of Urban Missions, 51% are male and 49% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	9
Black or African American	39
Hispanic or Latino	99
White	131
International Students	56
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary. At this time, 19 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary

There are 6 bachelor’s degree and 9 master’s degree programs available online at School of Urban Missions. In 2020-2021, 628 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at School of Urban Missions has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 47th most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of School of Urban Missions

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary was -0.1%. This is the #845 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at School of Urban Missions regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.