Graduate Programs at Wesley Biblical Seminary

Graduate School Overview

Wesley Biblical Seminary is a Private, 4 years school located in Ridgeland, MS. 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 school is accredited by Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools (6/1/1991 - Current).

Wesley Biblical Seminary Directory Information
School Name	Wesley Biblical Seminary
Address	1880 E County Line Road, Ridgeland, MS 39157-1920
Phone	601-366-8880
Web	https://www.wbs.edu
Online Application	https://wbs.edu/admissions/admissions-processes
Financial Info	https://wbs.edu/admissions/financial-aid

The 2022 graduate school tuition & fees at Wesley Biblical Seminary is $17,100 in average. The school has 158 students (all graduate). Among them, 5 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2022 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$17,100
Student Population	158
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Other)
Number of Programs	6 graduate programs (5 programs available online learning)

The graduate tuition & fees at Wesley Biblical Seminary is $17,100 in average for the academic year 2021-2022. The tuition per credit hour is $553.

Wesley Biblical Seminary offers the alternative tuition plansprepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan, including prepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan.

Wesley Biblical 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 are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	5 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	Weekend/evening college
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services

2022 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2021-2022, the graduate school tuition & fees of Wesley Biblical Seminary is $17,100. The graduate tuition & fees are decreased by -3.93% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2021-2022 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2021-2022 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2017-2018	$12,150	$650
2018-2019	$12,870	$700
2019-2020	$14,000	$800
2020-2021	$17,000	$800
2021-2022	$16,500	$600

The graduate school tuition & fees of Wesley Biblical Seminary is relatively expensive compared to private graduate schools in Mississippi. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,204 and the Mississippi graduate tuition is $11,022 (public) / $14,186 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Wesley Biblical Seminary	$17,100
All Graduate Schools	$15,958	$19,204
Public	$11,320	$20,434
Private	$19,234
Mississippi Graduate Schools	$10,438	$12,663
Public	$8,238	$11,022
Private	$14,186

For academic year 2021-2022, the off-campus living costs are $12,000.

2021-2022 Living Expenses
	Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense
2017-2018	-	-
2018-2019	-	-
2019-2020	-	-
2020-2021	-	-
2021-2022	$9,000	$3,000

For academic year 2021-2022, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $553 at Wesley Biblical Seminary. The graduate tuition per credit hour are decreased by -2.98% compared to previous academic year.

2021-2022 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2017-2018	$450
2018-2019	$495
2019-2020	$495
2020-2021	$570
2021-2022	$553

Graduate Programs at Wesley Biblical Seminary

Wesley Biblical Seminary offers 6 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, 41 students have completed their study at Wesley Biblical Seminary.

Offered Degrees at Wesley Biblical Seminary
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	4	4	14
Doctor's degree - professional practice	1	1	3
Post Bachelor's Degree	1	1	24
Total	6	6	41

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Wesley Biblical Seminary by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Religious Education program with 24 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Christian Studies program with 6 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Divinity/Ministry program with 6 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Wesley Biblical Seminary
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Religious Education	✔	24	-
Religious Education	✔	1	-
Religious Education	✔	0	-

Popular Master's Programs at Wesley Biblical Seminary
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Christian Studies	✔	6	-
Divinity/Ministry	✔	6	-
Divinity/Ministry	✔	6	-
Christian Studies	✔	5	-
Divinity/Ministry	✔	3	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Wesley Biblical Seminary
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Divinity/Ministry	✔	6	-
Divinity/Ministry	✔	3	-
Divinity/Ministry	✔	1	-

Wesley Biblical Seminary offers 6 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered online completely. Last year total 41 students have completed their graduate studies.

14 students have earned/completed Master's program.
3 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Other) program.
24 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Philosophy And Religious Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	6 completers	-
Christian Studies	✔	6	-
Theology And Religious Vocations [+]	✔	8 completers	-
Bible/Biblical Studies	✔	0	-
Theology/Theological Studies	✔	2	-
Divinity/Ministry	✔	6	-
	Total	14

Doctorate (Other) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Theology And Religious Vocations [+]	✔	3 completers	-
Divinity/Ministry	✔	3	-
	Total	3

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Theology And Religious Vocations [+]	✔	24 completers	-
Religious Education	✔	24	-
	Total	24

Graduate Student Population at Wesley Biblical Seminary

For academic year 2021-2022, total 158 students enrolled into Wesley Biblical Seminary graduate schools . By attending status, there are 25 full-time and 133 part-time graduate students. By gender, 103 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	158	103	55
Full-time	25	20	5
Part-tme	133	83	50

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

There are 43 White (27.22%), 31 Black/African American (19.62%), 1 Hispanic (0.63%), 2 Asian (1.27%), and 81 students with other races.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	158	103	55
American Indian/Native American	0	0	0
Asian	2	2	0
Black/African American	31	19	12
Hispanic	1	1	0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	43	31	12
Two More	0	0	0
Un-Known	81	50	31
Non-resident Alien	0	0	0

Wesley Biblical Seminary offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 109 graduate students (68.99% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 27 graduate students (17.09% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.