New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
New Orleans, Louisiana · Also known as NOBTS · Website
$10,829
net price a year, after grants
$10,829
net price a year, after grants
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary is a private nonprofit 4-year college in New Orleans, Louisiana with 865 undergraduates and 1,484 graduate students. Its average net price after grants is $10,829 a year (tuition and fees $12,468). 74% of students finish within 6 years.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$10,829
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
$12,468
US median $11,837
Admission rate
Open
Completion rate
74%
Within 6 years, US 58%
Median debt
-
Earnings at 10 years
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Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
- Net price
- $10,829
- Tuition and fees
- $12,468
- Cost of attendance
- $21,660
- Students with a need-based grant
- 8.6%
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $10,829
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Tuition and fees went from $6,900 in 2015-16 to $12,468 in 2024-25.
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- Open admission
- Undergraduates
- 865
- Graduate students
- 1,484
- Part-time students
- 43%
- Women
- 37%
- Students per teacher
- 19
- Completion rate
- 74%
- Retention rate
- 92%
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Programs
- 44
- Endowment
- $82.1M
- Other
- Religious affiliation, Open admission
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
| Measure | College | LA median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $10,829 | $14,810 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $12,468 | $9,181 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 78% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 74% | 57% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 92% | 71% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | - | $13,136 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | - | $27,631 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | - | $32,992 | $52,928 | $40,813 |
Same kind: US private nonprofit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid.
Programs
44 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theological and Ministerial StudiesMaster's | Master's | 120 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Pastoral Counseling and Specialized MinistriesCertificate | Certificate | 68 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Theological and Ministerial StudiesDoctoral | Doctoral | 54 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Theological and Ministerial StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 41 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Pastoral Counseling and Specialized MinistriesMaster's | Master's | 38 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Religious EducationMaster's | Master's | 33 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Theological and Ministerial StudiesAssociate's | Associate's | 22 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Psychology, GeneralMaster's | Master's | 18 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Missions/Missionary Studies and MissiologyMaster's | Master's | 10 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 8 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Bible/Biblical StudiesDoctoral | Doctoral | 7 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Religious EducationDoctoral | Doctoral | 7 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Theological and Ministerial StudiesGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 7 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Bible/Biblical StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 5 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Religious Music and WorshipDoctoral | Doctoral | 5 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Pastoral Counseling and Specialized MinistriesGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 5 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Missions/Missionary Studies and MissiologyDoctoral | Doctoral | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Religious Music and WorshipBachelor's | Bachelor's | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Religious Music and WorshipMaster's | Master's | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Bible/Biblical StudiesMaster's | Master's | 2 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Pastoral Counseling and Specialized MinistriesDoctoral | Doctoral | 2 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| PhilosophyMaster's | Master's | 1 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Bible/Biblical StudiesCertificate | Certificate | 1 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Missions/Missionary Studies and MissiologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 1 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Pastoral Counseling and Specialized MinistriesAssociate's | Associate's | 1 | - | Withheld | Withheld | - |
In the area
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Questions and answers
How much does New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary cost?
$10,829 a year is the average net price at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary after grants and scholarships. Tuition and fees are $12,468, and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $21,660. Families earning under $30,000 pay $10,829 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary?
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary has open admission: it accepts students who meet its basic requirements, such as a high school diploma.
What is the graduation rate at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary?
74% of first-time, full-time students at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary finish within 6 years. 92% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of private nonprofit 4-year colleges is 57%.
What are the most popular majors at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary?
Theological and Ministerial Studies (120 master's graduates), Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries (68 certificate graduates), Theological and Ministerial Studies (54 doctoral graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 44 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.