Graduate Programs at Southern California Seminary

Graduate School Overview

Southern California Seminary is a Private, 4 years school located in El Cajon, CA. It is classified as a Baccalaureate College - Diverse Fields school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree- professional practice.

The school is accredited by Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, Accreditation Commission (11/6/2001 - Current).

Southern California Seminary Directory Information
School Name	Southern California Seminary
Address	2075 E. Madison Avenue, El Cajon, CA 92019-1108
Phone	619-201-8999
Web	https://www.socalsem.edu
Online Application	https://www.socalsem.edu/admissions/all-forms
Financial Info	https://www.socalsem.edu/admissions/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Southern California Seminary is $18,230 in average. The school has 122 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 153 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 14 graduate programs through Master's and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 10 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$18,230
Student Population	122
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	14 graduate programs (10 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	9 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Southern California Seminary is $18,230 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $468.

Southern California Seminary offers the alternative tuition plans.

Southern California 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, academic/career services, employment services for students are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	10 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	Weekend/evening college
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Southern California Seminary is $18,230. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 2.79% 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	$15,120	$1,260
2019-2020	$15,588	$1,296
2020-2021	$15,588	$1,296
2021-2022	$16,380	$1,356
2022-2023	$16,838	$1,392

The graduate school tuition & fees of Southern California Seminary is relatively inexpensive compared to private graduate schools in California. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the California graduate tuition is $21,752 (public) / $24,037 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Southern California Seminary	$18,230
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
California Graduate Schools	$19,766	$22,527
Public	$11,624	$21,752
Private	$24,037

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $19,176 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Southern California Seminary. On-campus living costs are increased by 10.27% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $22,194. Off-campus living costs are decreased by -0.40% 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	$12,687	$2,997	$13,779	$2,977
2019-2020	$12,687	$3,717	$15,084	$5,274
2020-2021	$12,687	$2,933	$16,580	$4,642
2021-2022	$12,687	$3,079	$17,409	$4,874
2022-2023	$14,397	$2,988	$17,415	$4,779

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $468 at Southern California Seminary. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 2.86% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$420
2019-2020	$433
2020-2021	$433
2021-2022	$455
2022-2023	$468

Graduate Programs at Southern California Seminary

Southern California Seminary offers 12 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, 22 students have completed their study at Southern California Seminary.

Offered Degrees at Southern California Seminary
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	6	3	17
Doctor's degree - other	6	5	5
Total	12	8	22

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Southern California Seminary by award level.

The most popular Master's program is the Bible/Biblical Studies program with 18 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Clinical Psychology program with 4 completers.

Master's
Doctorate

Popular Master's Programs at Southern California Seminary
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Bible/Biblical Studies	✔	18	-
Bible/Biblical Studies	✔	8	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	6	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	4	-
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	✕	3	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Southern California Seminary
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Clinical Psychology	✔	4	-
Divinity/Ministry	✔	2	-
Divinity/Ministry	✔	2	-
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (other)	✔	2	-
Clinical Psychology	✔	2	-

Southern California Seminary offers 12 programs through Master's and Doctorate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 22 students have completed their graduate studies.

17 students have earned/completed Master's program.
5 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.

Master's
Doctorate (Practice)

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✔ (3 completers)	10 completers	-
Bible/Biblical Studies	✔	8	-
Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology	✔	0	-
Theology/Theological Studies	✕	0	-
Divinity/Ministry	✔	2	-
Psychology [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	4	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	✕	3	-
	Total	17

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Divinity/Ministry	✕	2	-
Psychology [+]	✔	3 completers	-
Psychology	✔	0	-
Clinical Psychology	✔	2	-
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	✔	1	-
Educational Psychology	✔	0	-
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (other)	✔	0	-
	Total	5

Graduate Student Population at Southern California Seminary

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 134 students enrolled into Southern California Seminary graduate schools where it has total 153 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 60 full-time and 74 part-time graduate students. By gender, 79 male and 55 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	134	79	55
Full-time	60	25	35
Part-tme	74	54	20

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

There are 59 White (44.03%), 25 Black/African American (18.66%), 13 Hispanic (9.70%), 24 Asian (17.91%), and 13 students with other races. 5 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	134	79	55
American Indian/Native American	0	0	0
Asian	24	9	15
Black/African American	25	11	14
Hispanic	13	9	4
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	59	46	13
Two More	8	3	5
Un-Known	0	0	0
Non-resident Alien	5	1	4

Southern California Seminary offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 83 graduate students (61.94% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 18 graduate students (13.43% 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	134
Enrolled Online Exclusively	83
Enrolled Some Online Courses	18
Not in Online Courses	33

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Southern California Seminary. 1 students are aged 20 to 24 (0.75% of total students), 51 students are aged above 50 (38.06%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Southern California Seminary.