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After Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary: graduation, pay and debt

Kansas City, Missouri · Private · 747 undergrads

70% of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary students finish within six years, the typical student earns $47,104 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $22,666 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$47.1k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
70%
finish within six years.
33%
finish in four years.
82%
of first-years come back for year two.
$22.7k
median federal debt at graduation.
61%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished in four yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
33%
Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
70%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
82%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
30
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
17%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$47,617
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$47,104
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
53%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Debt and paying it back

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
$22,666
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$9,995
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$10,875
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$8,000
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
61%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
61%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
58%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from
  • Admit rate and applicants: IPEDS, fall 2024 (checked Oct 31, 2026)
  • Cost, pay and debt: College Scorecard, 2024-25 (checked Oct 31, 2026)

Updated Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers