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Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Religious Affiliation Southern Baptist
Population 1,300,000
United States map with state borders, rivers, lakes, and Alaska and Hawaii insets
Wake Forest, NC

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours 2,680 (63%)
Days Without Precipitation 256 (72%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 397
Men / Women 55% / 45%

Racial/Ethnic

White 77%
Black 9%
Hispanic 7%
Asian 3%
Native American 1%
Mixed 0%
International 0%

Men in the Entering Class

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2013 Men: 52.4% 52.4% 2014 Men: 67.4% 67.4% 2015 Men: 61.6% 61.6% 2016 Men: 44.4% 44.4% 2017 Men: 75.4% 75.4% 2018 Men: 62.8% 62.8% 2019 Men: 56.2% 56.2% 2020 Men: 63.8% 63.8% 2021 Men: 63.3% 63.3% 2022 Men: 69.2% 69.2% 2023 Men: 61.1% 61.1% 2024 Men: 60.0% 60.0% 2025 Men: 50.0% 50.0%

Men as a share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 3.1% 3.1% 2018 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Native: 3.2% 3.2% 2021 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2013 Asian: 3.2% 3.2% 2014 Asian: 4.3% 4.3% 2015 Asian: 4.0% 4.0% 2016 Asian: 7.4% 7.4% 2017 Asian: 1.5% 1.5% 2018 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Asian: 3.8% 3.8% 2020 Asian: 4.3% 4.3% 2021 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2022 Asian: 3.8% 3.8% 2023 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Asian: 4.4% 4.4% 2025 Asian: 3.8% 3.8% 2013 Black: 1.6% 1.6% 2014 Black: 5.4% 5.4% 2015 Black: 4.0% 4.0% 2016 Black: 3.7% 3.7% 2017 Black: 16.9% 16.9% 2018 Black: 2.1% 2.1% 2019 Black: 3.8% 3.8% 2020 Black: 1.1% 1.1% 2021 Black: 9.2% 9.2% 2022 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Black: 16.7% 16.7% 2024 Black: 6.7% 6.7% 2025 Black: 1.2% 1.2% 2013 Hispanic: 4.8% 4.8% 2014 Hispanic: 3.3% 3.3% 2015 Hispanic: 3.0% 3.0% 2016 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Hispanic: 1.5% 1.5% 2018 Hispanic: 10.6% 10.6% 2019 Hispanic: 5.0% 5.0% 2020 Hispanic: 4.3% 4.3% 2021 Hispanic: 2.5% 2.5% 2022 Hispanic: 7.7% 7.7% 2023 Hispanic: 5.6% 5.6% 2024 Hispanic: 6.7% 6.7% 2025 Hispanic: 12.5% 12.5% 2013 White: 90.5% 90.5% 2014 White: 84.8% 84.8% 2015 White: 81.8% 81.8% 2016 White: 88.9% 88.9% 2017 White: 76.9% 76.9% 2018 White: 84.0% 84.0% 2019 White: 86.2% 86.2% 2020 White: 86.2% 86.2% 2021 White: 79.2% 79.2% 2022 White: 88.5% 88.5% 2023 White: 77.8% 77.8% 2024 White: 75.6% 75.6% 2025 White: 73.8% 73.8% 2013 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2015 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2016 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2019 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 International: 0.0% 0.0%

Share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates

0 125 250 375 500 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2013 Total: 249 249 2014 Total: 297 297 2015 Total: 239 239 2016 Total: 236 236 2017 Total: 271 271 2018 Total: 312 312 2019 Total: 327 327 2020 Total: 376 376 2021 Total: 410 410 2022 Total: 300 300 2023 Total: 287 287 2024 Total: 308 308 2025 Total: 397 397 2013 Men: 154 154 2014 Men: 199 199 2015 Men: 153 153 2016 Men: 146 146 2017 Men: 181 181 2018 Men: 213 213 2019 Men: 221 221 2020 Men: 258 258 2021 Men: 281 281 2022 Men: 202 202 2023 Men: 185 185 2024 Men: 195 195 2025 Men: 219 219 2013 Women: 95 95 2014 Women: 98 98 2015 Women: 86 86 2016 Women: 90 90 2017 Women: 90 90 2018 Women: 99 99 2019 Women: 106 106 2020 Women: 118 118 2021 Women: 129 129 2022 Women: 98 98 2023 Women: 102 102 2024 Women: 113 113 2025 Women: 178 178

Full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2013 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2014 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2015 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2018 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2019 Native: 1.5% 1.5% 2020 Native: 1.3% 1.3% 2021 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2022 Native: 1.7% 1.7% 2023 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2024 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2025 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2013 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2014 Asian: 2.4% 2.4% 2015 Asian: 2.9% 2.9% 2016 Asian: 3.8% 3.8% 2017 Asian: 3.3% 3.3% 2018 Asian: 2.2% 2.2% 2019 Asian: 2.8% 2.8% 2020 Asian: 4.0% 4.0% 2021 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2022 Asian: 3.0% 3.0% 2023 Asian: 2.1% 2.1% 2024 Asian: 2.6% 2.6% 2025 Asian: 2.8% 2.8% 2013 Black: 2.0% 2.0% 2014 Black: 3.7% 3.7% 2015 Black: 4.2% 4.2% 2016 Black: 3.8% 3.8% 2017 Black: 6.3% 6.3% 2018 Black: 10.3% 10.3% 2019 Black: 11.6% 11.6% 2020 Black: 11.2% 11.2% 2021 Black: 11.0% 11.0% 2022 Black: 7.7% 7.7% 2023 Black: 6.6% 6.6% 2024 Black: 3.6% 3.6% 2025 Black: 9.3% 9.3% 2013 Hispanic: 3.2% 3.2% 2014 Hispanic: 2.0% 2.0% 2015 Hispanic: 3.3% 3.3% 2016 Hispanic: 3.8% 3.8% 2017 Hispanic: 3.3% 3.3% 2018 Hispanic: 7.1% 7.1% 2019 Hispanic: 6.4% 6.4% 2020 Hispanic: 7.7% 7.7% 2021 Hispanic: 4.4% 4.4% 2022 Hispanic: 4.7% 4.7% 2023 Hispanic: 5.6% 5.6% 2024 Hispanic: 5.5% 5.5% 2025 Hispanic: 6.5% 6.5% 2013 White: 92.0% 92.0% 2014 White: 89.9% 89.9% 2015 White: 85.8% 85.8% 2016 White: 83.9% 83.9% 2017 White: 83.0% 83.0% 2018 White: 77.9% 77.9% 2019 White: 75.8% 75.8% 2020 White: 73.1% 73.1% 2021 White: 77.1% 77.1% 2022 White: 78.7% 78.7% 2023 White: 75.6% 75.6% 2024 White: 75.6% 75.6% 2025 White: 77.3% 77.3% 2013 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2015 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2016 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2017 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2019 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2022 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 International: 0.0% 0.0%

Share of full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2011–2019) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025). The dashed line at 2020 marks the change in reporting period. Missing reports leave gaps.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College at Southeastern 51 61% 86% 2% 4% 4% 0% $76,475 63 +3.02 87
Biblical Counseling 9 — 22% 56% 11% 11% 11% 0% $76,017 99 +3.10 86 — — — — —
Biblical Studies — — — — — — — — $77,872 99 +3.33 88 — — — — —
Christian Ministry 22 — 86% 86% 0% 5% 5% 0% $84,119 100 +4.10 91 — — — — —
English 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $57,923 80 +0.67 64 — — — — —
Ethics 3 — 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $55,570 37 -0.44 59 — — — — —
General Studies 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $62,953 84 +0.54 73 — — — — —
History 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $61,961 82 +0.49 71 — — — — —
Missions 3 — 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $76,788 99 +3.20 87 — — — — —
Philosophy and Religious Studies 2 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $56,272 38 -0.39 61 — — — — —
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics — — — — — — — — $66,391 91 +0.87 77 — — — — —
Student Ministry 3 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $76,927 99 +3.21 87 — — — — —
Theology 2 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $84,119 100 +4.10 91 — — — — —
Worship Ministry 2 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $77,801 99 +3.32 88 — — — — —
Humanities — — — — — — — — $61,329 75 +0.40 70 — — — — —
Elementary Education 2 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $59,199 90 +1.03 67 — — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $12,026
ROI Percentile 87th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 85%
4-Year Graduation Rate 9%
6-Year Graduation Rate 58%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 Graduated: 55.6% 55.6% 2014 Graduated: 25.8% 25.8% 2015 Graduated: 24.6% 24.6% 2016 Graduated: 30.9% 30.9% 2017 Graduated: 38.0% 38.0% 2018 Graduated: 50.0% 50.0% 2019 Graduated: 60.0% 60.0% 2020 Graduated: 40.6% 40.6% 2021 Graduated: 50.5% 50.5% 2022 Graduated: 55.6% 55.6% 2023 Graduated: 46.4% 46.4% 2024 Graduated: 58.1% 58.1%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 Men: 56.0% 2014 Men: 22.7% 2015 Men: 19.6% 2016 Men: 23.9% 2017 Men: 34.9% 2018 Men: 47.2% 2019 Men: 60.5% 2020 Men: 38.6% 2021 Men: 48.3% 2022 Men: 58.3% 2023 Men: 54.2% 2024 Men: 56.1% 2013 Women: 54.5% 2014 Women: 33.3% 2015 Women: 36.8% 2016 Women: 43.6% 2017 Women: 44.8% 2018 Women: 56.5% 2019 Women: 59.3% 2020 Women: 45.0% 2021 Women: 53.7% 2022 Women: 53.3% 2023 Women: 0.0% 2024 Women: 61.1%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2014 Black: 0.0% 2015 Black: 0.0% 2016 Black: 20.0% 2017 Black: 50.0% 2018 Black: 33.3% 2019 Black: 0.0% 2020 Black: 0.0% 2021 Black: 50.0% 2022 Black: 100.0% 2023 Black: 80.0% 2024 Black: 0.0% 2013 Hispanic: 0.0% 2014 Hispanic: 0.0% 2015 Hispanic: 33.3% 2016 Hispanic: 0.0% 2017 Hispanic: 0.0% 2018 Hispanic: 0.0% 2019 Hispanic: 66.7% 2020 Hispanic: 100.0% 2021 Hispanic: 50.0% 2023 Hispanic: 100.0% 2024 Hispanic: 63.6% 2013 White: 62.5% 2014 White: 28.6% 2015 White: 25.4% 2016 White: 33.7% 2017 White: 40.5% 2018 White: 52.2% 2019 White: 60.0% 2020 White: 40.0% 2021 White: 52.3% 2022 White: 54.2% 2023 White: 37.5% 2024 White: 59.7%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Humanities 96.1% 49 63% 86% 2% 4% 4% 0% $77,181 97 +3.10 87 — —
Education 3.9% 2 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $59,199 81 +1.03 67 — —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — 25 #160 — —
Business & Economics — — — — 2 #225 — —
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Computer Science — — — — — — — —
Education — — — — — — — —
Engineering — — — — — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math — — — — — — — —
Total — — — — 27 #343 — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 100%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 100% 100% 100%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Acceptance & Yield

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 Acceptance: 67.2% 67.2% 2014 Acceptance: 74.6% 74.6% 2015 Acceptance: 98.4% 98.4% 2016 Acceptance: 76.1% 76.1% 2017 Acceptance: 95.2% 95.2% 2018 Acceptance: 90.1% 90.1% 2019 Acceptance: 92.5% 92.5% 2020 Acceptance: 82.4% 82.4% 2021 Acceptance: 89.9% 89.9% 2022 Acceptance: 80.0% 80.0% 2023 Acceptance: 76.6% 76.6% 2024 Acceptance: 74.6% 74.6% 2013 Yield: 92.7% 92.7% 2014 Yield: 64.5% 64.5% 2015 Yield: 69.4% 69.4% 2016 Yield: 91.4% 91.4% 2017 Yield: 82.0% 82.0% 2018 Yield: 36.5% 36.5% 2019 Yield: 55.4% 55.4% 2020 Yield: 85.2% 85.2% 2021 Yield: 66.2% 66.2% 2022 Yield: 68.8% 68.8% 2023 Yield: 81.1% 81.1% 2024 Yield: 78.7% 78.7%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

0 125 250 375 500 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 Applicants: 122 122 2014 Applicants: 189 189 2015 Applicants: 126 126 2016 Applicants: 46 46 2017 Applicants: 105 105 2018 Applicants: 426 426 2019 Applicants: 252 252 2020 Applicants: 222 222 2021 Applicants: 89 89 2022 Applicants: 60 60 2023 Applicants: 124 124 2024 Applicants: 201 201 2013 Admitted: 82 82 2014 Admitted: 141 141 2015 Admitted: 124 124 2016 Admitted: 35 35 2017 Admitted: 100 100 2018 Admitted: 384 384 2019 Admitted: 233 233 2020 Admitted: 183 183 2021 Admitted: 80 80 2022 Admitted: 48 48 2023 Admitted: 95 95 2024 Admitted: 150 150 2013 Enrolled: 76 76 2014 Enrolled: 91 91 2015 Enrolled: 86 86 2016 Enrolled: 32 32 2017 Enrolled: 82 82 2018 Enrolled: 140 140 2019 Enrolled: 129 129 2020 Enrolled: 156 156 2021 Enrolled: 53 53 2022 Enrolled: 33 33 2023 Enrolled: 77 77 2024 Enrolled: 118 118

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 47%
SAT Range 1000 – 1250
SAT Math Range 460 – 590
SAT RW Range 540 – 660

SAT Composite

900 1000 1100 1200 1300 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 25th: 980 980 2022 25th: 980 980 2023 25th: 920 920 2024 25th: 1000 1000 2013 75th: 1160 1160 2022 75th: 1260 1260 2023 75th: 1230 1230 2024 75th: 1250 1250

SAT Math

400 450 500 550 600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 25th: 480 480 2022 25th: 430 430 2023 25th: 440 440 2024 25th: 460 460 2013 75th: 580 580 2022 75th: 590 590 2023 75th: 600 600 2024 75th: 590 590

SAT Reading & Writing

400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 25th: 500 500 2022 25th: 550 550 2023 25th: 480 480 2024 25th: 540 540 2013 75th: 580 580 2022 75th: 670 670 2023 75th: 630 630 2024 75th: 660 660

Submitting a Test Score

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 Submitted: 69.0% 69.0% 2022 Submitted: 93.0% 93.0% 2023 Submitted: 36.0% 36.0% 2024 Submitted: 47.0% 47.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.