Virginia Beach Theological Seminary

Overview

Located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Virginia Beach Theological Seminary is a private nonprofit four-year institution. Its campus is in a large city. It enrolled 33 students in fall 2024, including 1 undergraduates and 32 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Baptist.

Virginia Beach Theological Seminary offers certificates, master's degrees, and professional doctorates across 4 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Divinity/Ministry, Theology, and Bible. It awarded 7 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. One of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The student-to-faculty ratio is 3 to 1.

Mission

The mission of VBTS is to equip each student for local church ministry and missions worldwide through biblical academic training in a ministry-based environment that seeks to honor the Lord Jesus Christ and to uphold the inerrant Word of God. This mission statement is summarized in the phrase, “Sharpening Servants for Global Ministry,” and is fulfilled through a compassionate commitment to the text of Scripture taught in the context of a local church and applied to every aspect of life and ministry with an emphasis on the biblical philosophy of grace.

Key figures

Delivery modes

Program levels

Programs and majors offered 4

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

Student-to-faculty ratio

3:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Master's degrees

7

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024

33

Undergraduates, fall 2024

1

Graduate students, fall 2024

32

Full-time, fall 2024

18%

Students over the full 2024-25 year

38

Graduate students, 2024-25

38

Full-time, 2024-25

13%

Size category

Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women

3%

Men

97%

White

87%

Hispanic or Latino

3%

Black or African American

8%

Two or more races

3%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online

1

Programs with a fully online option

2

Online graduate programs

Yes

Students studying fully online

29%

Students taking some online courses

34%

Campus and services

Setting

Large city

Academic calendar

Trimester

Religious affiliation

Baptist

Carnegie classification

Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions

President

Daniel Davey

Services and opportunities

Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates

For veterans and service members

Yellow Ribbon Program