Graduate School Tuition at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Wake Forest, NC. It offers 38 graduate programs - 16 Master's, 13 Doctorate, and 9 Post-bachelor's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $6,388 for all graduate students. A total of 2,085 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 2,764 students at SEBTS.

SEBTS offers online graduate programs and 821 out of 2,085 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

You can find SEBTS's health profession programs at health professions information page.

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Graduate Program Overview

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Wake Forest, North Carolina. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $6,388. It offers thirty-eight (38) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Type	four-years, private (not-for-profit)
Address	120 S. Wingate Street, Wake Forest, NC
Graduate School Students	2,273 students 821 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	$6,388
Student to Faculty	9:1 (11.11%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 38 Graduate Programs 16 Master's, 13 Doctorate, 9 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs.

The tuition & fees is $6,388 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $316.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$5,688
Fees	$700
Cost per Credit	$316
Books & Supplies	$800
Room & Board	$7,469 (On-Campus) / $13,160 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$3,717 (On-Campus) / $3,717 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$18,374
Off-Campus Total	$24,065

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Tuition & Fees	$6,112	$5,830	$6,112	$6,144	$6,388

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 38 major areas - 16 Master's (2 online programs), 13 Doctorate , 9 Post-Bachelor'(2 online programs).

426 students have been conferred Master's degree and 70 students have received Doctorate degree last year. The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	426	70	-	-
Men	328	64	-	-
Women	98	6	-	-

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Philosophy and Religious Studies

what is Philosophy and Religious Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Ethics		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Theology and Religious Vocations

what is Theology and Religious Vocations program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology	^ONLINE		^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Worship Ministry		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Divinity/Ministry				NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Theological and Ministerial Studies (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Youth Ministry		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Women's Ministry				NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries (other)				NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

what is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies	20^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Philosophy and Religious Studies

what is Philosophy and Religious Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Philosophy and Religious Studies	2		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Ethics	2	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Christian Studies	59	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Theology and Religious Vocations

what is Theology and Religious Vocations program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Bible/Biblical Studies			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology	22^ONLINE		^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Religious Education	7		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Worship Ministry	2	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Theology/Theological Studies	49		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$56,300	-	-
Divinity/Ministry	225			NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Youth Ministry		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Women's Ministry	3			NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries (other)	7			NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Organizational Leadership	8		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Philosophy and Religious Studies

what is Philosophy and Religious Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Philosophy and Religious Studies			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Theology and Religious Vocations

what is Theology and Religious Vocations program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Bible/Biblical Studies			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology	^ONLINE		^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Religious Education			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Theology/Theological Studies			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$56,300	-	-
Divinity/Ministry				NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries (other)				NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Organizational Leadership			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Theology and Religious Vocations

what is Theology and Religious Vocations program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology	^ONLINE		^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Divinity/Ministry				NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Women's Ministry				NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries (other)				NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Organizational Leadership			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Philosophy and Religious Studies

what is Philosophy and Religious Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Christian Studies		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 3,048 students enrolled in Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 2,273 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 1,712 male and 561 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 968 full-time and 1,305 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 821 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 535 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	2,273	968	1,305
Men Students	1,712	760	952
Women Students	561	208	353

By race/ethnicity 1,778 White, 97 Black, and 153 Asian students are attending at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,273	1,712	561
American Indian or Native American	13	11	2
Asian	97	56	97
Black	97	72	25
Hispanic	151	87	64
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	1	1
White	1,778	1,374	404
Race Unknown	69	60	9

21 students are younger than 22 and 585 students are older than 65. The school has 869 students aged between 22 and 30 and 610 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	2,273
21 & Under	21
22-24	305
25-29	564
30-34	358
35-39	252
40 & Over	585

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field.

At SEBTS, 821 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 535 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	2,085
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	821
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	535
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	729

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	821
North Carolina Resident	192
Other State In U.S.	546
Outside of U.S.	83

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