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The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Overview

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is a private not-for-profit institution located in Louisville, Kentucky. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Known For?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$22,012 Avg Cost After Aid
80% Acceptance Rate
  • The highest award offered at SBTS is the doctor's degree.
  • In <nil>, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
  • On average, it takes about 4.2 years for students from SBTS to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary?

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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

How Do I Get Into SBTS?

You can apply to SBTS online at: www.sbts.edu/admissions/start-your-application/

Admission Requirements for SBTS

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Neither required nor recommended
Recommendations Required
SAT or ACT Scores Required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into SBTS?

80% Acceptance Rate
42% Of Accepted Are Women
31% Submit SAT Scores
SBTS has an acceptance rate of 80%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 58% of accepted students are men and 42% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 82%, and the acceptance rate for women is 78%.

Average Test Scores

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.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary  ( 530 to 650 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary  ( 510 to 600 )
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800
SBTS received ACT scores from 39% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 28. Math scores were between 17 and 25. Composite scores were between 19 and 27.

ACT English Scores for The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary  ( 20 to 28 )
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ACT Math Scores for The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary  ( 17 to 25 )
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ACT Composite Scores for The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary  ( 19 to 27 )
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36

Can I Afford The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary?

$22,012 Net Price
23% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of SBTS is $22,012. 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 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.

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Undergraduate Student Diversity

639 Full-Time Undergraduates
48% Women
5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 1,019 undergraduate students at SBTS, with 639 being full-time and 380 being part-time.

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There are also 3,429 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 639 full-time undergraduates at SBTS, 52% are male and 48% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 15
Black or African American 12
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 563
International Students 41
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Geographic Diversity

Kentucky students aren't the only ones who study at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. At this time, 33 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 44 countries are represented at SBTS. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, Canada, and Nigeria.

Online Learning at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

987 Took All Classes Online
2,313 Took At Least One Class Online
4.3% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 2,313 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SBTS has changed over the last few years.

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Online Growth Rankings of SBTS

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary was 4.3%. This is the #1,565 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SBTS 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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