Hood Theological Seminary Graduate Schools

Hood Theological Seminary is a Private, 4 years school located in Salisbury, NC. Hood Theological Seminary is a completely online college that all programs/degrees are offered via distance education. It is classified as a Theological seminaries, Bible college, and other faith-related institution school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - other. The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Hood Theological Seminary is $20,350 in average. The school has 144 students (all graduate).

Graduate School Overview

The school is accredited by Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools (5/1/1998 - Current).

Hood Theological Seminary Directory Information
School Name	Hood Theological Seminary
Address	1810 Lutheran Synod Drive, Salisbury, NC 28144
Phone	704-636-7611
Web	https://www.hoodseminary.edu
Online Application	https://www.hoodseminary.edu/future-students/admissions/apply-to-hood
Financial Info	https://www.hoodseminary.edu/future-students/funding-you-education/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Hood Theological Seminary is $20,350 in average. The school has 144 students (all graduate).

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$20,350
Student Population	144
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's and Doctorate (Other)
Number of Programs	2 graduate programs

The graduate tuition & fees at Hood Theological Seminary is $20,350 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $698.

Hood Theological Seminary offers the alternative tuition plans.

Hood Theological Seminary offers the distance learning courses, but students may be required to attend/visit regular classes to complete their degree/programs.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	Graduate Level Courses
Special learning Opportunities	Weekend/evening college
On-Campus Student Services	No On-Campus Services Available or Reported

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Hood Theological Seminary is $20,350. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 5.82% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$16,800	$700
2019-2020	$18,480	$700
2020-2021	$18,480	$750
2021-2022	$18,480	$750
2022-2023	$19,600	$750

The graduate school tuition & fees of Hood Theological Seminary is relatively expensive compared to private graduate schools in North Carolina. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the North Carolina graduate tuition is $22,206 (public) / $16,286 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Hood Theological Seminary	$20,350
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
North Carolina Graduate Schools	$12,434	$17,968
Public	$8,258	$22,206
Private	$16,286

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $698 at Hood Theological Seminary. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 5.76% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$600
2019-2020	$660
2020-2021	$660
2021-2022	$660
2022-2023	$698

Graduate Programs at Hood Theological Seminary

Hood Theological Seminary offers 2 graduate programs for Master's and Doctorate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 28 students have completed their study at Hood Theological Seminary.

Offered Degrees at Hood Theological Seminary
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	1	22
Doctor's degree - professional practice	1	6
Total	2	28

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Hood Theological Seminary by award level.

The most popular Master's program is the Theology/Theological Studies program with 22 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Theology/Theological Studies program with 6 completers.

Master's
Doctorate

Popular Master's Programs at Hood Theological Seminary
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Theology/Theological Studies	✕	22	$32,000
Theology/Theological Studies	✕	18	$32,000

Popular Doctorate Programs at Hood Theological Seminary
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Theology/Theological Studies	✕	6	-
Theology/Theological Studies	✕	3	-

Hood Theological Seminary offers 2 programs through Master's and Doctorate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 28 students have completed their graduate studies.

22 students have earned/completed Master's program.
6 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Other) program.

Master's
Doctorate (Other)

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Theology/Theological Studies	✕	22	$32,000
	Total	22

Doctorate (Other) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Theology/Theological Studies	✕	6	-
	Total	6

Graduate Student Population at Hood Theological Seminary

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 144 students enrolled into Hood Theological Seminary graduate schools . By attending status, there are 87 full-time and 57 part-time graduate students. By gender, 72 male and 72 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	144	72	72
Full-time	87	41	46
Part-tme	57	31	26

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 18 White (12.50%), 122 Black/African American (84.72%), 1 Hispanic (0.69%), and 3 students with other races. 1 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	144	72	72
American Indian/Native American	1	0	1
Asian	0	0	0
Black/African American	122	59	63
Hispanic	1	0	1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	18	12	6
Two More	1	0	1
Un-Known	0	0	0
Non-resident Alien	1	1	0

Hood Theological Seminary offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 129 graduate students (89.58% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 8 graduate students (5.56% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	144
Enrolled Online Exclusively	129
Enrolled Some Online Courses	8
Not in Online Courses	7

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Hood Theological Seminary. 2 students are aged 20 to 24 (1.39% of total students), 86 students are aged above 50 (59.72%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Hood Theological Seminary.