Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SEBTS

At Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 83.92%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 76.61%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 72.10%, and the 2024 yield is 81.05%.

The number of SEBTS applicants increased by 106.67% (64 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 83.92%, and this year's acceptance rate is 76.61% at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 81.59% and women students' rate is 88.20%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	67.21%	65.12%	69.44%
2014-15	74.60% 7.39%	71.21% 6.10%	82.46% 13.01%
2015-16	98.41% 23.81%	97.37% 26.16%	100.00% 17.54%
2016-17	76.09% -22.33%	71.43% -25.94%	83.33% -16.67%
2017-18	95.24% 19.15%	94.67% 23.24%	96.67% 13.33%
2018-19	90.14% -5.10%	90.67% -4.00%	89.24% -7.43%
2019-20	92.46% 2.32%	92.62% 1.95%	92.23% 2.99%
2020-21	82.43% -10.03%	78.57% -14.05%	94.44% 2.21%
2021-22	89.89% 7.46%	86.54% 7.97%	94.59% 0.15%
2022-23	80.00% -9.89%	80.00% -6.54%	80.00% -14.59%
2023-24	76.61% -3.39%	69.33% -10.67%	87.76% 7.76%
Average	83.92%	81.59%	88.20%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 72.10% where the current academic year yield is 81.05%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	92.68%	91.07%	100.00%
2014-15	64.54% -28.14%	64.89% -26.18%	63.83% -36.17%
2015-16	69.35% 4.82%	67.57% 2.67%	72.00% 8.17%
2016-17	91.43% 22.07%	85.00% 17.43%	100.00% 28.00%
2017-18	82.00% -9.43%	87.32% 2.32%	68.97% -31.03%
2018-19	36.46% -45.54%	40.33% -46.99%	29.79% -39.18%
2019-20	55.36% 18.91%	65.22% 24.89%	41.05% 11.27%
2020-21	85.25% 29.88%	81.06% 15.84%	96.08% 55.03%
2021-22	66.25% -19.00%	71.11% -9.95%	60.00% -36.08%
2022-23	68.75% 2.50%	64.29% -6.83%	75.00% 15.00%
2023-24	81.05% 12.30%	88.46% 24.18%	72.09% -2.91%
Average	72.10%	73.30%	70.80%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 160, the average number of admitted is 137, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 87.

The number of SEBTS applicants increased by 106.67% (64 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	122	82	76
2014-15	189 54.92%	141 71.95%	91 19.74%
2015-16	126 -33.33%	124 -12.06%	86 -5.49%
2016-17	46 -63.49%	35 -71.77%	32 -62.79%
2017-18	105 128.26%	100 185.71%	82 156.25%
2018-19	426 305.71%	384 284.00%	140 70.73%
2019-20	252 -40.85%	233 -39.32%	129 -7.86%
2020-21	222 -11.90%	183 -21.46%	156 20.93%
2021-22	89 -59.91%	80 -56.28%	53 -66.03%
2022-23	60 -32.58%	48 -40.00%	33 -37.74%
2023-24	124 106.67%	95 97.92%	77 133.33%
Average	160	137	87

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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