The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville, KY · Private (nonprofit) · City
Admission figures
- Acceptance rate
- 55.9%
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1010–1230
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 19–27
- Undergraduates
- 848
- In-state tuition
- $11,476
- Out-of-state tuition
- $11,476
- Graduation rate
- 48%
- Yield (admitted students who enrol)
- 63%
- 175 of 280 admitted students enrolled in 2023
Yield is not a quality score. It says how often admitted students pick this college over their other offers — useful for reading how it sits against its rivals, and nothing more. It is also the most gameable number in admissions: a binding Early Decision round turns admits into enrolments by contract, so colleges with large ED intakes post high yields largely by construction. Counts are IPEDS 2023, a different collection from the admission rate above, so the two may describe different years.
Majors at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
4 undergraduate programs, from the federal field-of-study data. Choosing one changes your estimate — a capacity-constrained program is admitted far more competitively than the school-wide rate suggests.
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The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary does not publish admission rates by major — almost no US university does, and the federal data has no such field. We apply a documented field-level adjustment instead and label it as modelled, rather than inventing a per-major rate.
What it would actually cost
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary doesn't report net price by income band in the federal data, so we have nothing reliable to show. The published out-of-state tuition is $11,476 — and that is tuition alone, before living costs and before any aid, so treat it as neither a floor nor a prediction.
Who studies here
Enrolled undergraduates, from federal reporting.
- White90%
- International students5%
- Asian3%
- Black or African American2%
- Hispanic or Latino0%
- American Indian or Alaska Native0%
- Not reported0%
This is context about the campus, not an input to your estimate. Since Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2023), US colleges may not consider an applicant's race — so your background does not move the number, and any tool that says otherwise is describing a practice that ended in 2023. How this is calculated.
Essays for 2026–27
Always confirm against the school's own page before you write.The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is not on the Common App's member list (checked 2026-10-18), so the Common App essay does not apply here. It takes applications through its own site or another system; its own essays, below, are what count.
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary supplemental essays
We don't have The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary's supplemental prompts on file yet. Rather than show you something that might be last year's wording, here's where to read the current ones:
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary admissions site ↗Once you find them you can start a draft from any prompt and get feedback on it.
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