SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary
El Dorado Hills, CA · Private · Large suburb · SBCTS · School of Urban Missions
Private institution in El Dorado Hills, CA · 312 undergraduates · 64% acceptance rate · $35,418 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 15%Out-of-state tuition & fees
- Top 15%Pell Grant share
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $21,0421,179th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $10,460639th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $10,460297th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $24,340643rd cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $26,6771,554th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $35,4181,787th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $30,8711,729th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 46.2%1,311th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 58.1%1,646th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 64.2%489th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 3121,789th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 16.0:11,471st smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 52.9%322nd highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 100 mi (SFO)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 1 of 1 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bible/Biblical StudiesTheology | bachelors | $22,094 | $21,824 |
Campus facts
- Religious affiliation: Assemblies of God Churchsource
Key links
- Official websitesum.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 447953)
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