Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc.
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Overview
Founded in 1933, Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc. is located in a large city with a population of more than 250,000. It is in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin IL-IN-WI area.
Address
1407 East 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
www.bexleyseabury.edu
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Accreditation:
fair
Institutional Control
Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc. is a private not-for-profit organization.
Denomination
Protestant Episcopal
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Accreditation
Accreditation provides important oversight over a school's instructional practices and institutional stability.
Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc. holds an accreditation from one of the national accreditors. Credits earned from the national accreditors are often not accepted by schools holding the more prestigious regional accreditation, and it's important to verify that your credits will transfer if you are considering an eventual switch to another school. Please read below for concerns we found in the accreditation records.
Accreditation History
Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools (Accredited January 15, 1971 - present)
  • The accreditation was recently renewed on August 26, 2020.
  • The next accreditation review is scheduled for March 31, 2023.
  • A probation was placed on the accreditation on June 8, 2021 for Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Warning--Additional oversight is required to ensure a resolution of compliance issues
Programs
Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc. program offerings
What award level are you pursuing?
Other Doctorate
Specialized Study in Theology and Religious Vocations
An instructional program in theological studies and religious vocations not specifically listed by the US Department of Education
Note: The name and definition of this program are based on Department of Education CIP code descriptions, which ensures uniform reporting across schools in the US. Please check this school's website for detailed program information and their specific course descriptions._
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Completions in Specialized Study in Theology and Religious Vocations by award level
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Other Doctorate
Recently College Scorecard released data on starting salaries and cumulative federal student debt for each school/program combination with sufficient graduates to allow for privacy concerns with data releases. Shown in the box plots below are data for all schools offering specialized theology and religious vocations (which may contain several related fields) by award level. If a value is reported for Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc., then that is shown in blue.
Starting Salaries
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Costs
Graduate general costs
Here's a quick summary of costs to attend Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc.. You will find the most up-to-date information at their website for admissions.
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$1,237
$19,022
$705
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Historic Annual Costs
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Graduate Assistantships at Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc.
Keep in mind that many graduate programs fund or partially fund their students through teaching, research, or other graduate assistantships. Some programs have provided graduate financial aid information that you can check for in the Programs section on this page. If we don't have that data, be sure to inquire with the academic department that interests you and do not assume you would have to pay full tuition for an academic graduate degree.
We believe that Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc. does not offer assistantships to its graduate students. We calculated this percentage by dividing the number of graduate assistantships offered at Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc. by its number of full-time-equivalent graduate students.
Graduate tuition, fees, books, and supplies over time
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Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc.
On the blue curve, we see how the published annual cost to attend Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc. has changed over the years.
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The shading shows the spread of the annual cost for the context schools. The dark shading shows the middle 50% of context schools, and the light shading shows all but the smallest and largest 10%.
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Research
The library is the backbone of academic learning and research

We have no library data for Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc. in spite of the fact that about 100.1 of the degrees it awards are bachelor's or higher degrees. It is unusual for a school with this focus to not have library data. In fact, about 90% of the schools that graduate at least 10% of students at the bachelor's or higher level report library information.

In the age of digital resources, a library can offer incredible support even to distance education students. For students on campus, the library is the study and meeting hub for both residential and commuting students. Through the academic libraries, students can freely access resources not available on the internet.

It is difficult to imagine a meaningful bachelor's or graduate degree program that does not require independent research projects from its students. Without academic library resources, those projects could become quite expensive and also much more difficult, because academic librarians are indispensable for guiding students toward appropriate resources for a research project. The greater fear is that a lack of library means that minimal research and outside reading is expected of students. If you're interested in attending Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc., you should ask about their library resources and research expectations, and make sure that you would be receiving the academic challenges and support that you and your future reputation deserve.

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Research funding: the best indicator of post-baccalaureate academic rigor
Any school that reports at least $150,000 in research and development expenditures in a given year should have submitted out the Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) survey to the National Science Foundation (NSF). We did not find HERD data for $Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc., so there would at most modest graduate-level academic scholarship campus-wide.
Classroom Experience
Student attention at Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc.
Schools are required to report the ratio of students per instructor, but look for a small number of students for every full-time instructor as your best indicator of personal attention and a modern well-integrated curriculum.
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Full-time and long-term instructors at Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc.
Full-time faculty are mostly likely to be on campus and available for interaction, and to craft up-to-date courses and programs. Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc. has 31% full-time instructors, and 94% of the context schools have a higher percentage of full-time instructors. Faculty with multi-year contracts provide additional stability and commitment to the school and its students.Within the full-time instructors at Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc., none have multi-year employment contracts. Of the context schools, 97% have instructors with multi-year contracts.
Full-time instructors
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Student Body
Study Types
About 90% of students are full-time. No students take distance education courses.
Full-time
90%
Online classes
0%
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Context: Student body size
Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc. enrolled 91 students over the past academic year. The the student body size is smaller than almost all the context schools.
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Gratduate student gender
Is the gender balance of Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc. students important to you? You can see the breakdown in this donut chart.
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Gratduate student race/origin
Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc. reports that 12% of students are minority, which is less than 93% of the context schools. With no international students, this school additionally has a lower percentage of international students than 99% of the context schools.
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Context: Gender Balance
It is very difficult for many types of schools to achieve a gender balance, and this context is valuable in evaluating the balance at Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc..
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Context: Percentage of women
With 49% women students, Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc. has a lower percentage of women than 76% of context schools.
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Context: Student race/origin
Here is how Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc. compares to the rest of the context group in terms of diversity in the student race and origin.
7%84%1%3%1%4%0%20%40%60%80%100%Pacific IslanderAmerican IndianInternationalHispanicMultiracialAsianNot ReportedBlackWhite
Student age distribution
Graduate students' ages may vary a lot from program to program, and we can only provide this statistic as a total for all graduate programs. In general, if the colors in the time chart lean towards lighter turquoise, you can surmise that this school is attracting students soon after they've completed their undergraduate degrees.
Age range
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School Finances
Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc.: What its budget can tell you about classroom quality
Where a school spends and collects its money can suggest a lot about the educational experience it offers. The tabs below offer a look at spending that is important for the quality of your experience if you attend.
Instructional spending
Student services spending
Context and trends: Instructional expenditures per student
Instructional expenses are primarily the salary and benefits paid to the heart of a school: its full-time instructors. High expenditures in this area suggest care in hiring enough highly qualified full-time faculty to provide personal attention and up-to-date subject-area excellence.
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Chart explanation
Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc.
On the blue curve, we see how the instructional expenses per student at Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc. have changed over the years.
Context Schools
The shading shows the spread of the instructional expenses per student for the context schools. The dark shading shows the middle 50% of context schools, and the light shading shows all but the smallest and largest 10%.
All values have been adjusted for inflation. Customize your context group using the gear at the top of the page!
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Does incoming revenue consistently cover expenses?

Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc. is a private not-for-profit school. Along with publicly-controlled schools, not-for-profit schools do not have the goal of annual profit, but they do want to have healthy finances with adequate revenue to meet all expenses. On the other hand, private for-profit schools have creating a profit for shareholders as an annual goal.

Total revenue and expenses by category
We divided revenue and expenses for Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc. into categories to give some insight to what may have influenced peaks and ditches in the chart above. The purple shades correspond most directly to student education. The blue shades, auxiliary expenses and revenue, are often related to room and board. We show investment gains and losses in apricot.
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The power of a large endowment
Related to the previous question of whether the annual revenue stream is stable is the question, "How deep are this school's pockets?" For many schools, a major source of annual income is investment growth. Schools with large endowments have a built-in revenue stream, although you'll see in the accompanying graphs that this revenue stream is highly dependent on the nation's economy. You can choose how to examine the depth of Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc.'s resources by selecting from the buttons below.
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Net Assets
Total Endowment
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Net Assets Per Student

Here we examine assets at Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc. in context, and it seems most fair to adjust for the size of the institution. We examine the assets per full-time-equivalent student so that we level the playing field for size.

There's a catch to these assets, though. Many gifts to a school's endowment have strings attached; the money is restricted to a specific purpose. Assets shown in green below are unrestricted, and are very important to a school's ability to meet its financial obligations. Some assets are the land and buildings that a school must have in order to function, and these may appear as green (unrestricted assets) but are nonetheless less helpful in meeting annual financial commitments. This look at assets is only a piece of the puzzle as we decide if a school is stable.

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Context: 2019 net assets per student