Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
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How strong are the academics at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary?

Let's cover class sizes, graduation rates, and outcomes.

9:1
Student to faculty ratio
19%
4-year grad rate

Class Sizes

Class sizes likely stayed the same for you through high school. You'll find that college is much different. Some of the largest universities have classes that can seat hundreds of students in giant lecture halls. Conversely, as they progress and their focus narrows, higher-level courses can sometimes have just a handful of students.

Southeastern Seminary has an average student-to-faculty ratio of 9:1. The typical school is 14:1. While this ratio is important, what’s more important is how big a typical class is.

Outcomes

It’s critical to understand a school’s outcomes to understand if your four (or more) years at the school will be worth it. Here are some key statistics about the outcomes of students who enroll at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary:

81%
First-year retention rate
19%
4-year grad rate
54%
6-year grad rate

Majors

Many students choose a school largely based on the what they want to study. The are Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary's most popular majors, ranked by how many people graduated with the concentration in the most recent year:

Divinity/Ministry
Missions/Missionary Studies
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries, Other
History, General
Ethics
-4.8
5.76
16.32
26.88
37.44
48

The Full List

Major Graduates
Business
  • Business Administration and Management, General 0
Education
  • Elementary Education and Teaching 0
  • History Teacher Education 0
  • Social Studies Teacher Education 0
  • English/Language Arts Teacher Education 0
English Language And Literature/Letters
  • English Language and Literature, General 2
History
  • History, General 6
Liberal Arts And Sciences
  • General Studies 2
  • Humanities/Humanistic Studies 0
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Philosophy, Politics, and Economics 1
Philosophy And Religious Studies
  • Ethics 4
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, General 2
Theology And Religious Vocations
  • Divinity/Ministry 48
  • Missions/Missionary Studies 11
  • Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries, Other 9
  • Bible/Biblical Studies 4
  • Worship Ministry 3
  • Youth Ministry 3
  • Theology/Theological Studies 1

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