THE MISSION
WE PREPARE SERVANTS TO WALK WITH CHRIST, PROCLAIM HIS TRUTH, AND FULFILL HIS MISSION.
We’re located strategically in New Orleans, a beautiful and broken city. Our president, Dr. Jamie Dew, says, “We believe that New Orleans is the perfect laboratory for men and women to come to prepare for ministry. In short, if you can do ministry in our city, then you can do ministry anywhere that God puts you.”
Our city is full of contradictions: great poverty and great wealth; tremendous BEAUTY and devastating blight; joyous revelry and violent heartbreak. For more than a century, NOBTS remains a LIGHT in a dark world, and we firmly believe our best days are yet to come. But there is still much to be done and we need your continued prayer and financial support. We prayerfully steward every dollar given to further the gospel message through every student, every class, every program, and every initiative we offer.
THE RESOURCES GOD HAS ENTRUSTED US WITH
$25,023,487
DAILY SEMINARY OPERATION COST
$68,557.50
*PERCENTAGE OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM CP COOPERATIVE PROGRAM DOWN FROM 56% 2001 - 2002
STUDENT FEES & DONOR GIFTS
*PERCENTAGE OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT NEEDS TO BE RAISED
STUDENT COST OF LIVING
TUITION & FEES PER YEAR
(ON CAMPUS)
$8840 | UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AVERAGE TUITION PER YEAR
($325 credit hour x 24 hours)
$6390 | GRADUATE STUDENT AVERAGE TUITION PER YEAR
($315 credit hour x 18 hours)
$7140 | AVERAGE COST OF DORM ROOM AND MEAL PLAN FOR UNDERGRADUATES ROOM & BOARD
NOBTS MISSION ON TRACK!
96% of Spring 2023 graduates surveyed said they are satisfied to very satisfied that their training at NOBTS enhanced their knowledge and skills for ministry.
*Data is drawn from a Graduating Student Questionnaire taken at graduation by Institutional Effectiveness.
FINANCIAL STUDENT AID
100% OF ON-CAMPUS, FULL-TIME STUDENTS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF A SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH ARE AWARDED REDUCED TUITION COSTS EVERY SEMESTER.
1/3 OF TUITION COSTS PROVIDED TO ALL ON-CAMPUS, FULL-TIME STUDENTS EACH SEMESTER IS THE GOAL OF FINANCIAL AID.
75% OF FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME STUDENTS RECEIVE SOME KIND OF FINANCIAL AID EVERY SEMESTER.
99% OF OUR STUDENTS GRADUATE WITHOUT APPLYING FOR PERSONAL STUDENT LOANS.
50% OF OUR 153 RESTRICTED ACCOUNTS ARE USED FOR STUDENT AID.
100% OF OUR 71 UNRESTRICTED/ENDOWMENT ACCOUNTS ARE USED FOR STUDENT AID.
Any student seeking to take out a personal loan is required to attend Financial Stewardship classes. Financial Aid offers financial training using CompassFinances God’s Way™ free of charge.
WE ARE DEEPLY THANKFUL FOR YOU!
YOU MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN HELPING US FULFILL THE GREAT COMMISSION.
THE PROVIDENCE FUND:
The Providence Fund is the unrestricted annual fund for the seminary. Meeting our annual Providence Fund goal makes possible a balanced tuition structure while delivering first-class theological training. The students, faculty, and staff rely on the personal support of alumni and friends to remain on track. You can help them by donating to the Providence Fund.
ENDOWMENT:
While annual gifts to unrestricted funds like the Providence Fund are critical to the day-to-day operations of the seminary, our endowment is essential for long-term stability and sustainability. An endowment fund is a permanent, self-sustaining source of funding. Many alumni and friends invest in the future of NOBTS and Leavell College by establishing scholarships as endowments.
Your gifts are greatly appreciated! When you give, you bolster and propel the work of students, faculty, and education programs of NOBTS and Leavell College.
“The education and experience students recieve at NOBTS not only gives them a solid foundation in theology and doctrine, but they also gain experience in the greatest city on the planet for learning and doing ministry. No other seminary in the United States offers educational AND on-the-ground experiences like NOBTS. And giving to the Providence Fund is a tangible way to equip the next generation of leaders who will carry the gospel across the street and around the world.”
- DR. GEORGE ROSS NAMB Church Planter & Co-pastor of Lakeshore Church
“It is time for NOBTS to step up and do the very best she can for the Great Commission. The relaunch of our Global Missions Center, and the new scholarship offerings we are giving are major steps we can take towards that end. It’s my prayer that in the years to come future missionaries will come to prepare on our campus, and that they will then go to the nations.”
- DR. JAMIE DEW President of NOBTS and Leavell College
“Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:18-20)
