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Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary reports 585 undergraduates in Wake Forest, NC. Its federal reporting group is labeled Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. The school reports a Southern Baptist affiliation in its federal filings.
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Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary · Wake Forest, North Carolina · Federal institution ID (UNITID): 199759.
Debt and earnings figures are shared across campuses in the federal reporting group (Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary).
Shared outcomes cannot rank campuses. Reporting-group definitions.
What could it cost?
Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.
Net price by family income (partial)
Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.
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Only two of the five income brackets were filed for the same year at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary — this isn't a full distribution.
Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.
Average net price at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary rose from $8,651 (2019) to $13,090 (2023).
| Year | Net price |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $8,651 |
| 2020 | $19,143 |
| 2021 | $9,262 |
| 2022 | $6,608 |
| 2023 | $13,090 |
Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.
Total cost at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary rose from $18,811 (2020) to $22,632 (2024).
| Year | Cost |
|---|---|
| 2020 | $18,811 |
| 2021 | $23,979 |
| 2022 | $20,940 |
| 2023 | $20,909 |
| 2024 | $22,632 |
Tuition & fees
Skip to data tablePublished tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.
| Year | Tuition & fees |
|---|---|
| 2001 | $2,740 |
| 2002 | $3,260 |
| 2003 | $3,620 |
| 2004 | $4,490 |
| 2013 | $7,016 |
| 2014 | $7,682 |
| 2015 | $8,124 |
| 2016 | $10,500 |
| 2017 | $10,730 |
| 2018 | $9,394 |
| 2019 | $10,072 |
| 2020 | $9,562 |
| 2021 | $10,202 |
| 2022 | $10,234 |
| 2023 | $10,646 |
Cost, size & completion summary
Cost, size & completion
Reported tuition is $11,318 before grants and other attendance costs. At Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.
Enrollment sits at 585 — Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is one of the smaller campuses on this site.
58.1% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.
Do students finish — and what comes after?
Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.
The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.
The six-year graduation rate at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary has wandered from Fall 2007 to Fall 2018 entering cohorts — up to 60% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 58.1%.
A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.
Cohorts at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary run small — a few students either way swings Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary's percentages hard.
| Year | Graduated within 6 yrs |
|---|---|
| 1996 cohort | 14.3% |
| 1997 cohort | 80% |
| 1998 cohort | 43.3% |
| 2007 cohort | 55.6% |
| 2008 cohort | 25.8% |
| 2009 cohort | 24.6% |
| 2010 cohort | 30.9% |
| 2011 cohort | 38% |
| 2012 cohort | 50% |
| 2013 cohort | 60% |
| 2014 cohort | 40.6% |
| 2015 cohort | 50.5% |
| 2016 cohort | 55.6% |
| 2017 cohort | 46.4% |
| 2018 cohort | 58.1% |
What does the admissions record show?
Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.
Admissions snapshot & test policies
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary admitted 150 of 201 applicants in Fall 2024. The 74.6% rate describes that application pool.
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Admissions
In the Fall 2024 cycle, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary received 201 applications and admitted 150 (74.6%), with 118 enrolling.
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 540–660 and Math was 460–590 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1000–1250 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.
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| Score | 25th | 50th | 75th |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAT Reading & Writing | 540 | 600 | 660 |
| SAT Math | 460 | 510 | 590 |
| ACT Composite | 21 | 23 | 24 |
25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.
Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.
Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).
The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.
| Year | Acceptance rate |
|---|---|
| Fall 2002 | 88.9% |
| Fall 2003 | 74.3% |
| Fall 2004 | 87.4% |
| Fall 2013 | 67.2% |
| Fall 2014 | 74.6% |
| Fall 2015 | 98.4% |
| Fall 2016 | 76.1% |
| Fall 2017 | 95.2% |
| Fall 2018 | 90.1% |
| Fall 2019 | 92.5% |
| Fall 2020 | 82.4% |
| Fall 2021 | 89.9% |
| Fall 2022 | 80% |
| Fall 2023 | 76.6% |
| Fall 2024 | 74.6% |
Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.
| Year | 25th | 75th |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2013 | 980 | 1160 |
| Fall 2022 | 980 | 1260 |
| Fall 2023 | 920 | 1230 |
| Fall 2024 | 1000 | 1250 |
The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.
| Year | 25th | 75th |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2013 | 16 | 26 |
| Fall 2022 | 19 | 23 |
| Fall 2023 | 18 | 26 |
| Fall 2024 | 21 | 24 |
What is the campus like?
Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.
Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.
Undergraduate enrollment at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary rose from 424 (Fall 2013) to 585 (Fall 2024).
| Year | Undergraduates |
|---|---|
| Fall 2002 | 419 |
| Fall 2003 | 439 |
| Fall 2004 | 444 |
| Fall 2013 | 424 |
| Fall 2014 | 502 |
| Fall 2015 | 417 |
| Fall 2016 | 376 |
| Fall 2017 | 406 |
| Fall 2018 | 520 |
| Fall 2019 | 557 |
| Fall 2020 | 593 |
| Fall 2021 | 529 |
| Fall 2022 | 458 |
| Fall 2023 | 466 |
| Fall 2024 | 585 |
The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.
First-year retention at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary has held near 85% from Fall 2012 to Fall 2023.
| Year | Retention |
|---|---|
| Fall 2003 cohort | 78% |
| Fall 2012 cohort | 81% |
| Fall 2013 cohort | 79% |
| Fall 2014 cohort | 74% |
| Fall 2015 cohort | 78% |
| Fall 2016 cohort | 81% |
| Fall 2017 cohort | 77% |
| Fall 2018 cohort | 80% |
| Fall 2019 cohort | 76% |
| Fall 2020 cohort | 86% |
| Fall 2021 cohort | 81% |
| Fall 2022 cohort | 82% |
| Fall 2023 cohort | 85% |
More about Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
18.9% of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary as a primarily residential campus of 585 undergraduates — and 84.6% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary's SAT section-percentile sums are 1000–1250 — their midpoint is below the NC four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.
Why some charts are marked “key chart”
Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.
How Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary compares
State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.
Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.
Acceptance rate
Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS
Tuition
Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid
View comparison data & dates
| Metric & basis | Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary | North Carolina median | National median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS | 74.6% | 74.9% | 76.8% |
| TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid | $11,318 | $19,500 | $19,591 |
Frequently asked questions
What test-score data does Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary report?
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1000–1250 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.
What is Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary's acceptance rate?
74.6% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 150 admitted from 201 applicants.
How much does Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary cost?
At Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, tuition is $11,318. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.
Similar colleges in North Carolina
- Warren Wilson College — 71.3% admitted
- Salem College — 76.7% admitted
- Winston-Salem State University — 78.3% admitted
- Western Carolina University — 81.8% admitted
Run your own numbers
Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Read the date and population definitions.