Graduate Programs at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Graduate School Overview

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (referred to as MBTS) is a Private, 4 years school located in Kansas City, MO. 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 - research/scholarship and professional practice.

The school is accredited by Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools (1/1/1964 - Current).

MBTS Directory Information
School Name	Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS)
Address	5001 N. Oak Trafficway, Kansas City, MO 64118-4697
Phone	816-414-3700
Web	https://www.mbts.edu
Online Application	https://www.mbts.edu/future-students/apply-now
Financial Info	https://www.mbts.edu/admissions/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is $7,420 in average. The school has 2,763 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 3,772 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 39 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 19 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$7,420
Student Population	2,763
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	39 graduate programs (19 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	17 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is $7,420 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $362.

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary offers the alternative tuition plansprepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan, including prepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan.

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, remedial services, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	19 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	Weekend/evening college
On-Campus Student Services	Remedial services Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is $7,420. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 6.76% 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	$5,720	$615
2019-2020	$5,904	$850
2020-2021	$6,100	$850
2021-2022	$6,100	$850
2022-2023	$6,520	$900

The graduate school tuition & fees of MBTS is inexpensive compared to private graduate schools in Missouri. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the Missouri graduate tuition is $17,382 (public) / $14,067 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary	$7,420
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
Missouri Graduate Schools	$12,522	$15,239
Public	$9,435	$17,382
Private	$14,067

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $20,542 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. On-campus living costs are increased by 14.88% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $22,507. Off-campus living costs are increased by 12.55% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$7,500	$3,636	$9,864	$5,787
2019-2020	$7,850	$3,360	$10,557	$4,662
2020-2021	$8,210	$3,990	$11,000	$4,800
2021-2022	$12,132	$5,779	$14,463	$5,534
2022-2023	$13,658	$6,919	$15,623	$6,884

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $362 at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 6.78% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$320
2019-2020	$328
2020-2021	$339
2021-2022	$339
2022-2023	$362

Graduate Programs at MBTS

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary offers 17 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 487 students have completed their study at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Offered Degrees at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	9	8	324
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	2	0	87
Doctor's degree - other	4	1	67
Post Bachelor's Degree	1	1	1
Post Master's Degree	1	0	8
Total	17	10	487

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

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Religious Education program with 8 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Theology/Theological Studies program with 163 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Theology/Theological Studies program with 50 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Religious Education	✕	8	-
Religious Education	✕	2	-
Divinity/Ministry	✔	1	-
Divinity/Ministry	✔	0	-

Popular Master's Programs at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Theology/Theological Studies	✔	163	$49,900
Theology/Theological Studies	✔	119	$49,900
Divinity/Ministry	✔	110	-
Divinity/Ministry	✔	73	-
Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling	✔	38	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Theology/Theological Studies	✕	50	-
Divinity/Ministry	✕	50	-
Bible/Biblical Studies	✕	37	-
Theology/Theological Studies	✕	34	-
Bible/Biblical Studies	✕	29	-

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary offers 17 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 487 students have completed their graduate studies.

324 students have earned/completed Master's program.
67 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
1 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
8 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✔ (1 completers)	7 completers	-
Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✔	7	-
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✔ (6 completers)	282 completers	-
Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology	✔	0	-
Religious Education	✔	4	-
Religious/Sacred Music	✕	0	-
Theology/Theological Studies	✔	163	$49,900
Divinity/Ministry	✔	110	-
Pastoral Studies/Counseling	✔	5	-
Women's Ministry	✔	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	35 completers	-
Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling	✔	35	-
	Total	324

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✕	87 completers	-
Bible/Biblical Studies	✕	37	-
Theology/Theological Studies	✕	50	-
	Total	87

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	2 completers	-
Education	✔	2	-
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✕	60 completers	-
Religious Education	✕	10	-
Divinity/Ministry	✕	50	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling	✕	5	-
	Total	67

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✔	1 completers	-
Divinity/Ministry	✔	1	-
	Total	1

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Religious Education	✕	8	-
	Total	8

Graduate Student Population at MBTS

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 2,572 students enrolled into Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary graduate schools where it has total 3,772 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 1,515 full-time and 1,057 part-time graduate students. By gender, 2,214 male and 358 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	2,572	2,214	358
Full-time	1,515	1,349	166
Part-tme	1,057	865	192

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

There are 1,472 White (57.23%), 85 Black/African American (3.30%), 107 Hispanic (4.16%), 282 Asian (10.96%), and 626 students with other races. 325 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,572	2,214	358
American Indian/Native American	12	12	0
Asian	282	213	69
Black/African American	85	78	7
Hispanic	107	97	10
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	1,472	1,302	170
Two More	17	14	3
Un-Known	272	233	39
Non-resident Alien	325	265	60

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,365 graduate students (53.07% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 235 graduate students (9.14% 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	2,572
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,365
Enrolled Some Online Courses	235
Not in Online Courses	972

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. 134 students are aged 20 to 24 (5.21% of total students), 569 students are aged above 50 (22.12%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,572	2,214	358
Age 20-21	1	0	1
Age 22-24	133	98	35
Age 25-29	424	360	64
Age 30-34	379	344	35
Age 35-39	391	352	39
Age 40-49	667	591	76
Age 50-64	498	404	94
Over 64	71	58	13
Age Un-Known	8	7	1

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