Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SBTS

At The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 77.18%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 96.89%. SBTS's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 5 years. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 67.89%, and the 2024 yield is 62.86%.

The number of SBTS applicants decreased by -21.47% (79 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 77.18%, and this year's acceptance rate is 96.89% at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 76.11% and women students' rate is 78.63%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	90.51%	88.46%	93.81%
2014-15	64.89% -25.62%	64.01% -24.45%	66.32% -27.48%
2015-16	39.17% -25.72%	37.05% -26.96%	42.04% -24.29%
2016-17	99.62% 60.45%	99.37% 62.32%	100.00% 57.96%
2017-18	78.11% -21.51%	77.63% -21.74%	78.76% -21.24%
2018-19	67.30% -10.81%	65.70% -11.93%	69.72% -9.04%
2019-20	68.00% 0.70%	68.87% 3.18%	67.11% -2.60%
2020-21	77.26% 9.26%	71.51% 2.64%	83.04% 15.93%
2021-22	80.00% 2.74%	82.18% 10.67%	77.78% -5.26%
2022-23	87.23% 7.23%	85.38% 3.20%	89.74% 11.97%
2023-24	96.89% 9.66%	97.09% 11.72%	96.58% 6.84%
Average	77.18%	76.11%	78.63%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 67.89% where the current academic year yield is 62.86%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	77.90%	80.75%	73.58%
2014-15	50.15% -27.75%	49.75% -30.99%	50.78% -22.80%
2015-16	73.56% 23.41%	72.57% 22.82%	74.74% 23.96%
2016-17	57.09% -16.47%	59.24% -13.33%	53.85% -20.89%
2017-18	67.15% 10.06%	68.64% 9.41%	65.17% 11.32%
2018-19	94.81% 27.66%	94.69% 26.05%	94.95% 29.78%
2019-20	70.59% -24.22%	73.08% -21.61%	68.00% -26.95%
2020-21	66.42% -4.17%	73.98% 0.91%	59.86% -8.14%
2021-22	67.96% 1.54%	71.08% -2.90%	63.03% 3.17%
2022-23	58.26% -9.70%	58.56% -12.52%	57.86% -5.17%
2023-24	62.86% 4.60%	62.28% 3.71%	62.83% 4.97%
Average	67.89%	69.51%	65.88%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 348, the average number of admitted is 258, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 172.

The number of SBTS applicants decreased by -21.47% (79 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	295	267	208
2014-15	507 71.86%	329 23.22%	165 -20.67%
2015-16	531 4.73%	208 -36.78%	153 -7.27%
2016-17	262 -50.66%	261 25.48%	149 -2.61%
2017-18	265 1.15%	207 -20.69%	139 -6.71%
2018-19	315 18.87%	212 2.42%	201 44.60%
2019-20	300 -4.76%	204 -3.77%	144 -28.36%
2020-21	343 14.33%	265 29.90%	176 22.22%
2021-22	355 3.50%	284 7.17%	193 9.66%
2022-23	368 3.66%	321 13.03%	187 -3.11%
2023-24	289 -21.47%	280 -12.77%	176 -5.88%
Average	348	258	172

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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