The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville, Kentucky · Private, nonprofit
Graduate earnings
2of 2 assessed programs
have graduates earning more than a typical Kentucky high-school graduate (about $35,424 a year).
2 of 26 programs could be assessed. The other 24: 23 with no earnings published and 1 with nothing reported. These are graduate programs, compared with the high-school line, which is not the federal test for them.
Average net price, all familiesnot reported
What it would cost
ED reports no net price for this school, so there is no cost figure to show. Its own cost page, or its net price calculator, is the place to check.
Program earnings
Median earnings of each program’s graduates against a typical Kentucky high-school graduate ($35,424 a year).
2 of 26 programs could be assessed 8% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Debt as years of gain | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theology and Ministry | Master's Degree | $67,008 | +$31,584 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 324 |
| Theology and Ministry | Doctoral Degree | $77,507 | +$42,083 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 126 |
| Theology and Ministry | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 49 |
| Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 40 |
| Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 36 |
| Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 33 |
| Business Administration | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 24 |
| Religious Education | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Religious Education | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Religious Music and Worship | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Communications and Media | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies, General | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies, General | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Theology and Ministry | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Theology and Ministry | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Religious Music and Worship | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Religious Education | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Education, Other | Doctoral Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
Sources and definitions
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid. Debt is federal loans only.
- The high-school line is ED’s state benchmark, $35,424 a year.
- Earnings not published: ED reports the program but no earnings figure, usually because too few graduates were measured. Nothing reported: ED lists the program with no figures at all. Neither is a judgement of the program.
- Debt as years of gain is median federal debt divided by how much more graduates earn per year than a typical high-school graduate. It is not a repayment time.
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