Sacred Heart Major Seminary
Detroit, Michigan · Also known as SHMS; Sacred Heart; Sacred Heart Seminary; Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Inc. · Website
$49,295
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$49,295
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Sacred Heart Major Seminary is a private nonprofit 4-year college in Detroit, Michigan with 178 undergraduates and 163 graduate students. Its average net price after grants is $11,916 a year (tuition and fees $24,120). It admits 100% of applicants and 67% of students finish within 6 years. Former students earn a median $49,295 a year 10 years after they started.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$11,916
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
$24,120
US median $11,837
Admission rate
100%
US median 78%
Completion rate
67%
Within 6 years, US 58%
Median debt
-
Earnings at 10 years
$49,295
Rank 1,535 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
- Net price
- $11,916
- Tuition and fees
- $24,120
- Cost of attendance
- $41,915
- Students with a need-based grant
- 7.0%
- Students with federal loans
- 1.6%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $11,916
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 $18,029 in 2015-16 to $24,120 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
- 100%
- Undergraduates
- 178
- Graduate students
- 163
- Part-time students
- 85%
- Women
- 43%
- Students per teacher
- 7
- Completion rate
- 67%
- Retention rate
- 100%
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Programs
- 10
- Endowment
- $34.0M
- Other
- Religious affiliation
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 1,535 of 5,094 US colleges and 36 of 145 in Michigan (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | MI median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $11,916 | $17,194 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $24,120 | $15,221 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | 100% | 81% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 67% | 59% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 100% | 70% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | - | $13,000 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | - | $32,840 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $49,295 | $36,115 | $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
10 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 StudiesCertificate | Certificate | 39 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Theological and Ministerial StudiesMaster's | Master's | 23 | Withheld | Withheld | $69,654 | $61,300 |
| PhilosophyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 16 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $54,455 |
| Theological and Ministerial StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 5 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $44,535 |
| Theological and Ministerial StudiesAssociate's | Associate's | 1 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $40,367 |
| Theological and Ministerial StudiesGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 1 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's | Associate's | - | Withheld | - | Withheld | $44,125 |
| PhilosophyAssociate's | Associate's | - | Withheld | - | Withheld | $41,229 |
| PhilosophyMaster's | Master's | - | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $60,272 |
| Theological and Ministerial StudiesProfessional | Professional | - | Withheld | - | Withheld | $63,395 |
In the area
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Questions and answers
How much does Sacred Heart Major Seminary cost?
$11,916 a year is the average net price at Sacred Heart Major Seminary after grants and scholarships. Tuition and fees are $24,120, and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $41,915. Families earning under $30,000 pay $11,916 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Sacred Heart Major Seminary?
100% of applicants are admitted to Sacred Heart Major Seminary. The median admission rate of colleges in Michigan is 81%.
How much do Sacred Heart Major Seminary graduates earn?
$49,295 a year is the median pay of former Sacred Heart Major Seminary students who work, 10 years after they started. That ranks 1,535 of 5,094 US colleges and 36 of 145 in Michigan.
What is the graduation rate at Sacred Heart Major Seminary?
67% of first-time, full-time students at Sacred Heart Major Seminary finish within 6 years. 100% 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 Sacred Heart Major Seminary?
Theological and Ministerial Studies (39 certificate graduates), Theological and Ministerial Studies (23 master's graduates), Philosophy (16 bachelor's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 10 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.