Private nonprofit · Community college
Southeastern Baptist College
Laurel, Mississippi · Distant town
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $8,138
- Avg net price
- 80%
- Grad / completion
- $26,946
- Median earnings
Southeastern Baptist College is a private nonprofit associate-granting institution in Laurel, Mississippi (distant town setting), enrolling 93 undergraduates. It has a Baptist religious affiliation. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Laurel, Mississippi
Laurel is a city in and the second county seat of Jones County, Mississippi, United States. Following the 1881 construction of the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad through the area, economic development occurred rapidly. The city of Laurel was incorporated in 1882, with timber as the impetus. Yellow pine forests in the region fueled the industry. In Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire, fictional Laurel native Blanche DuBois is known here as a "woman of loose morals", who after the loss of her family estate "Belle Reve", frequents the Hotel Flamingo as told to Stanley by the merchant Kiefaber. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Distant town
- Highest degree offered
- Bachelor's
- Nearest big city
- 72 miles to Jackson, MS
- To the ocean
- 91 miles
- Nearest airport
- 22 miles to Hattiesburg Laurel (PIB)
How Southeastern Baptist College compares
More selective than 10% · #1 most selective of 2 in Mississippi
Higher than 77% · #8 of 33 in Mississippi
Higher than 33%
Higher than 23% · #18 of 28 in Mississippi
Cheaper than 78% · #15 cheapest of 34 in Mississippi
Lower than 92%
Larger than 26%
Percentiles compare Southeastern Baptist College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Mississippi.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White65%
- Black27%
- Hispanic1.1%
- Other or multiracial7.5%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 93
- Student–faculty ratio
- 7 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 55%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 12%
- Median family income
- $21,980
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $7,425
- Room & board
- $6,000
- Books & supplies
- $700
- Total cost of attendance
- $13,325
- Average net price
- $8,138
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Admissions
- Admission rate
- 100.0%
- Test scores
- Required
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
- —
- SAT average
- —
- SAT reading
- —
- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- 5–7
Outcomes
- Graduated (within 6 years)
- 80%
- Graduated on time (4 years)
- 10%
- First-year retention
- 65%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $26,946
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
About 70% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- Yes
- Dorm capacity
- 45
- Dorm capacity vs undergrads
- 48%
- Housing charge (year)
- $5,300
- Meal plan (year)
- $600
- Application fee
- $25
- Athletics
- NCCAA Division II
- Varsity athletes
- 65 (56 men · 9 women)
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Varsity sports (2)
Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Four-year (or more) true cost
Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.
$7,583/year × about 5.3 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 100% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,308. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 24 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $26,946
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 45%
The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 93°F
- Winter low
- 35°F
- Annual rain
- 59.6″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Laurel, MS US station (5.3 mi from campus).
What Southeastern Baptist College graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.








