Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Kansas City, Missouri (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 747 students of which 1,804 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is categorized as “24” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 96.4%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $23,006, with published in-state tuition of $10,120 and a Pell grant recipient share of 30.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $15,675, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 59.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 81.5%. Graduates earn a median of $50,535 ten years after enrolling, compared with $39,712 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 8500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 52.5% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.