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.

Private nonprofitSmall · 93 undergradsDistant townOpen admissionNCCAA Division II

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

Selectivity100.0%

More selective than 10% · #1 most selective of 2 in Mississippi

Graduation rate80%

Higher than 77% · #8 of 33 in Mississippi

First-year retention65%

Higher than 33%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$26,946

Higher than 23% · #18 of 28 in Mississippi

Average net price$8,138

Cheaper than 78% · #15 cheapest of 34 in Mississippi

Student–faculty ratio7 : 1

Lower than 92%

Undergraduate enrollment93

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)

Baseball35
Basketball30

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.

< $30k
$8,315
$30–48k
$8,070
$48–75k
$7,583
$75–110k
$8,153
$110k+
$7,653

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.

Est. total to a degree
$40,285

$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.

100%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$2,308
average award, among those who get one

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%
Weigh it value

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

HighLow
30°70°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.03.06.1JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Laurel, MS US station (5.3 mi from campus).

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.