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/apply
Financial Info	https://wbs.edu/admissions/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Wesley Biblical Seminary is $12,600 in average. The school has 161 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 180 including undergraduate students.Among them, 6 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$12,600
Student Population	161
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Other)
Number of Programs	7 graduate programs (6 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	11 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Wesley Biblical Seminary is $12,600 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $500.

Wesley Biblical Seminary offers the alternative tuition plans.

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)	6 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	Weekend/evening college
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Wesley Biblical Seminary is $12,600. The graduate tuition & fees are decreased by -26.32% 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	$12,870	$700
2019-2020	$14,000	$800
2020-2021	$17,000	$800
2021-2022	$16,500	$600
2022-2023	$12,000	$600

The graduate school tuition & fees of Wesley Biblical Seminary is average compared to private graduate schools in Mississippi. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,518 and the Mississippi graduate tuition is $13,289 (public) / $13,840 (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	$12,600
All Graduate Schools	$16,002	$19,518
Public	$11,454	$20,592
Private	$19,594
Mississippi Graduate Schools	$10,696	$13,645
Public	$8,755	$13,289
Private	$13,840

For academic year 2022-2023, the off-campus living costs are $12,000. Off-campus living costs are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	-	-
2019-2020	-	-
2020-2021	-	-
2021-2022	$9,000	$3,000
2022-2023	$9,000	$3,000

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $500 at Wesley Biblical Seminary. The graduate tuition per credit hour are decreased by -8.26% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$495
2019-2020	$495
2020-2021	$570
2021-2022	$545
2022-2023	$500

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, 24 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	20
Doctor's degree - professional practice	1	0	4
Post Bachelor's Degree	1	1	0
Total	6	5	24

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 0 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Christian Studies program with 9 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Divinity/Ministry program with 4 completers.

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

Popular Master's Programs at Wesley Biblical Seminary
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Christian Studies	✔	9	-
Divinity/Ministry	✔	9	-
Bible/Biblical Studies	✔	1	-
Theology/Theological Studies	✔	1	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Wesley Biblical Seminary
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Divinity/Ministry	✕	4	-

Wesley Biblical Seminary offers 6 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 24 students have completed their graduate studies.

20 students have earned/completed Master's program.
4 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Other) program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	9 completers	-
Christian Studies	✔	9	-
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✔	11 completers	-
Bible/Biblical Studies	✔	1	-
Theology/Theological Studies	✔	1	-
Divinity/Ministry	✔	9	-
	Total	20

Doctorate (Other) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Divinity/Ministry	✕	4	-
	Total	4

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✔	0 completers	-
Religious Education	✔	0	-
	Total	0

Graduate Student Population at Wesley Biblical Seminary

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 231 students enrolled into Wesley Biblical Seminary graduate schools where it has total 180 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 65 full-time and 166 part-time graduate students. By gender, 132 male and 99 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	231	132	99
Full-time	65	37	28
Part-tme	166	95	71

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

There are 105 White (45.45%), 79 Black/African American (34.20%), 28 Hispanic (12.12%), 2 Asian (0.87%), and 17 students with other races. 1 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	231	132	99
American Indian/Native American	1	0	1
Asian	2	0	2
Black/African American	79	41	38
Hispanic	28	12	16
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	105	71	34
Two More	2	1	1
Un-Known	13	6	7
Non-resident Alien	1	1	0

Wesley Biblical Seminary offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 228 graduate students (98.70% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 3 graduate students (1.30% 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	231
Enrolled Online Exclusively	228
Enrolled Some Online Courses	3
Not in Online Courses	0

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Wesley Biblical Seminary. 9 students are aged 20 to 24 (3.90% of total students), 63 students are aged above 50 (27.27%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Wesley Biblical Seminary.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	231	132	99
Age 22-24	9	7	2
Age 25-29	25	13	12
Age 30-34	21	11	10
Age 35-39	33	21	12
Age 40-49	64	38	26
Age 50-64	50	27	23
Over 64	13	7	6
Age Un-Known	16	8	8

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