Graduate Programs at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary

Graduate School Overview

Northern Baptist Theological Seminary (referred to as Northern Seminary) is a Private, 4 years school located in Lisle, IL. 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.

The school is accredited by Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools (1/15/1968 - Current).

Northern Seminary Directory Information
School Name	Northern Baptist Theological Seminary (Northern Seminary)
Address	410 Warrenville Road, Suite 300, Lisle, IL 60532-1348
Phone	630-620-2100
Web	https://www.seminary.edu
Online Application	https://www.seminary.edu/apply
Financial Info	https://student.seminary.edu/students/financialaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary is $14,135 in average. The school has 375 students (all graduate).

It offers total 10 graduate programs through Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Research).

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$14,135
Student Population	375
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	10 graduate programs

The graduate tuition & fees at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary is $14,135 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $505.

Northern Baptist Theological Seminary offers the alternative tuition plans.

Northern 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.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	Graduate Level Courses & Programs
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 Northern Baptist Theological Seminary is $14,135. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 1.48% 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	$13,635	$375
2019-2020	$13,554	$375
2020-2021	$13,554	$375
2021-2022	$13,554	$375
2022-2023	$13,635	$500

The graduate school tuition & fees of Northern Seminary is inexpensive compared to private graduate schools in Illinois. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,518 and the Illinois graduate tuition is $18,843 (public) / $20,716 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Northern Baptist Theological Seminary	$14,135
All Graduate Schools	$16,002	$19,518
Public	$11,454	$20,592
Private	$19,594
Illinois Graduate Schools	$18,869	$19,862
Public	$11,983	$18,843
Private	$20,716

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $505 at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 0.60% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$506
2019-2020	$502
2020-2021	$502
2021-2022	$502
2022-2023	$505

Graduate Programs at Northern Seminary

Northern Baptist Theological Seminary offers 10 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, 39 students have completed their study at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Offered Degrees at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	5	38
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	4	0
Post Master's Degree	1	1
Total	10	39

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

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Christian Studies program with 1 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Christian Studies program with 31 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Theology/Theological Studies program with 0 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Christian Studies	✕	1	-

Popular Master's Programs at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Christian Studies	✕	31	-
Theology/Theological Studies	✕	6	-
Divinity/Ministry	✕	1	-
Pastoral Studies/Counseling	✕	0	-
Women's Ministry	✕	0	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary
Program	Available Online	Average Earning after graduation
Theology/Theological Studies	✕	-
Divinity/Ministry	✕	-
Pastoral Studies/Counseling	✕	-
Women's Ministry	✕	-

Northern Baptist Theological Seminary offers 10 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 39 students have completed their graduate studies.

38 students have earned/completed Master's program.
1 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
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	31 completers	-
Christian Studies	✕	31	-
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Theology/Theological Studies	✕	6	-
Divinity/Ministry	✕	1	-
Pastoral Studies/Counseling	✕	0	-
Women's Ministry	✕	0	-
	Total	38

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Theology/Theological Studies	✕	0	-
Divinity/Ministry	✕	0	-
Pastoral Studies/Counseling	✕	0	-
Women's Ministry	✕	0	-
	Total	0

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Christian Studies	✕	1	-
	Total	1

Graduate Student Population at Northern Seminary

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 346 students enrolled into Northern Baptist Theological Seminary graduate schools where it has total 374 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 251 full-time and 95 part-time graduate students. By gender, 243 male and 103 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	346	243	103
Full-time	251	188	63
Part-tme	95	55	40

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

There are 201 White (58.09%), 66 Black/African American (19.08%), 8 Hispanic (2.31%), 13 Asian (3.76%), and 58 students with other races. 2 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	346	243	103
American Indian/Native American	0	0	0
Asian	13	7	6
Black/African American	66	41	25
Hispanic	8	3	5
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	201	139	62
Two More	12	7	5
Un-Known	44	44	0
Non-resident Alien	2	2	0

Northern Baptist Theological Seminary offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 233 graduate students (67.34% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 113 graduate students (32.66% 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	346
Enrolled Online Exclusively	233
Enrolled Some Online Courses	113
Not in Online Courses	0

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary. 18 students are aged 20 to 24 (5.20% of total students), 67 students are aged above 50 (19.36%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	346	243	103
Age 20-21	3	2	1
Age 22-24	15	13	2
Age 25-29	37	28	9
Age 30-34	42	30	12
Age 35-39	40	24	16
Age 40-49	70	44	26
Age 50-64	61	29	32
Over 64	6	1	5
Age Un-Known	72	72	0

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