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Private nonprofit, 4-year

Sacred Heart Major Seminary

Detroit, Michigan · www.shms.edu

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Acceptance rate

100.0%

2025

Peer median 69.4%

Tuition per year

$24,140

$36,790 with room and board

Peer median $33,770

Undergraduates

188

Student-faculty ratio 7:1

Peer median 11 : 1

“Peers” are all 403 private baccalaureate colleges in the U.S. (by Carnegie Classification).

About

Type
Private nonprofit, 4-year
Location
Detroit, Michigan
Website
www.shms.edu
Undergraduates
188
Student-faculty ratio
7 : 1

This collegeRanked colleges nearby

Setting
Large city
Nearest major city
In Detroit
Nearest international airport
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), about 15 mi
Detroit, Michigan
Also known as
SHMS; Sacred Heart; Sacred Heart Seminary; Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Inc.
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Roman Catholic
President
Fr. Stephen Burr (Rector/ President)
Phone
3138838500
City
Detroit, Michigan
Address
2701 Chicago Blvd, Detroit, MI 48206-1799

Rankings & Admission

Acceptance rate (%)

Peer median 69.4% · all 403 private baccalaureate colleges in the U.S.

Test Scores

SAT/ACT optional: considered if submitted IPEDS (US Department of Education) has no SAT/ACT data for students admitted in 2025.

How Hard Is It to Get In

about 10 in 10

2 applicants in 2025, 100.0% admitted

2 admitted 0 not admitted Yield 100.0%

Degrees & Majors

Graduates in 2025 (first major)

Bachelor's130 international (0.0%)
Master's245 international (20.8%)
Top 2 Bachelor's majors by graduates
Philosophy
12
Theology/Theological Studies
1

U.S. studentsInternational

Popular graduate programs

  • Theology/Theological Studies · Master's24 (21% international)
All majors, graduates and earnings IPEDS · College Scorecard

*Depends on whether majors have graduates in 2025 or not, Yes / No
**Move mouse on can check deitaled graudates number, click for major detailed information
***Due to privacy policy, graduate salaries are not shown for some majors that has few gradautes

Theology has 25 graduates in 2025
MajorGraduate SalaryUnderMaster
Theology/Theological Studies.$57,165
Philosophy has 12 graduates in 2025
MajorGraduate SalaryUnderMaster
Philosophy.-

Students

351 students in 2025 · Undergraduate men to women 56:44 · Freshman retention 100.0%

Undergraduate race and ethnicity (188)

White
102 · 54.3%
Hispanic
22 · 11.7%
Unknown
22 · 11.7%
Asian
5 · 2.7%
International
2 · 1.1%
Black
1 · 0.5%
Two or more races
1 · 0.5%

International Students

International share over the last 10 years · gray line: median of all 403 private baccalaureate colleges in the U.S.

Undergraduates1.1%

2 in 2025 · 8.8% in 2016

0% 10% 20% 2016: 8.8%2017: 6.1%2018: 4.6%2019: 5.1%2020: 4.3%2021: 0.8%2022: 15.8%2023: 0.6%2024: 0.0%2025: 1.1%
2016Peer median 3.6%2025
Graduate students6.1%

10 in 2025 · 10.4% in 2016

0% 7.5% 15% 2016: 10.4%2017: 7.4%2018: 8.5%2019: 9.6%2020: 12.3%2021: 7.9%2022: 11.8%2023: 4.8%2024: 4.7%2025: 6.1%
2016Peer median 1.0%2025

Cost

2025 cost per year

$36,790

Undergraduate tuition
$24,140
Room and board
$12,650
Graduate tuition
$34,920
Tuition and room and board over time

Peer median tuition + room and board $46,780 · all 403 private baccalaureate colleges in the U.S.

Tuition rose 34% from 2016 to 2025; room and board rose 29%.

Finances · fiscal year 2024

Revenue$10.9M

Investment return
$3.7M33.6%
Gifts and private grants
$3.0M28.0%
Tuition and fees
$2.5M23.1%
Auxiliary enterprises
$1.5M14.1%
Government grants and contracts
$142K1.3%

Expenses$8.8M

Institutional support
$3.5M39.4%
Instruction
$3.0M33.7%
Student services
$1.5M17.0%
Academic support
$650K7.4%
Other
$226K2.6%

Average faculty salary · 2025 (9-month equivalent)

Dark gray ticks: median pay for the same rank at all 403 private baccalaureate colleges in the U.S.

All faculty
$66,500peers $65,931
Professor
$74,220peers $77,501
Associate professor
$65,790peers $68,234
Assistant professor
$34,886peers $61,725
Instructor
$31,500peers $53,914

Campus Life

Athletics and varsity athletes NCAA · EADA

No athlete data available for 2025.

No athlete data available for 2024.

No athlete data available for 2023.

Nearby & Safety

Ranked colleges nearby

Campus safety · incidents per 1,000 students

Peer median 8.9 · all 403 private baccalaureate colleges in the U.S.

Notable Alumni

Notable alumni of Sacred Heart Major Seminary include James Aloysius Hickey (Former Archbishop of Washington and cardinal), Allen Henry Vigneron (Former Catholic archbishop of Detroit) and Dale Kildee (Former US representative from Michigan).

More alumni (7, by field)

Other fields

  • Walter A. Hurley 1937–

    Catholic bishop of Grand Rapids from 2005 to 2018

    Also attended: Catholic University of America

  • Patrick R. Cooney 1934–2012

    Third Catholic bishop of Gaylord, Michigan

  • James Stephen Sullivan 1929–2006

    Catholic Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota

  • James Albert Murray 1932–2020

    Former Catholic bishop of Kalamazoo

    Also attended: Catholic University of America

  • Joseph Leopold Imesch 1931–2015

    Catholic bishop of Joliet, Illinois, 1979–2006

  • John Anthony Donovan 1911–1991

    Catholic bishop of Toledo, Ohio

  • Joseph M. Breitenbeck 1914–2005

    Eighth Catholic bishop of Grand Rapids

    Also attended: Catholic University of America, University of Detroit Mercy

From Wikidata “educated at” records (including people who attended without graduating), ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions. Degrees and years follow Wikidata and are left out where it has none.

References and Data Sources

Data from IPEDS (U.S. Department of Education), U.S. News, THE, QS, ARWU and Clery Act campus safety reports. Data insights are written by the Forward Pathway data team from public data.