Facts and Figures

This is the total number of students enrolled in each program for each year.

Graduation rate is defined as the percentage of a matriculating class who completed their degree within 200% of the published time to completion. The M.Div. category includes the M.Div. degree as well as the M.Div./M.A.C.E and M.Div./M.A.P.T Dual Degrees. The M.A. category includes the M.A.C.E. degree, the M.A.P.T. degree, and the M.A.C.E./M.A.P.T. Dual Degree.

• M.Div.: 6 year Graduation Rate
• M.A.: 4 year Graduation Rate
• ThM: 2 year Graduation Rate
• D.Min.: 6 year Graduation Rate

Data being reported reflects the placements of graduates before, at, or following graduation. Data is collected from six months before graduation to six months after graduation.The M.Div. category includes the M.Div. degree as well as the M.Div./M.A.C.E and M.Div./M.A.P.T Dual Degrees. The MA category includes the M.A.C.E. degree, the M.A.P.T. degree, and the M.A.C.E./M.A.P.T. Dual Degree.

• Vocational Placement: Graduates in positions for which they were prepared, either compensated or volunteer.
• Non-Vocational Placement: Graduates who received degrees for non-vocational reasons, regardless of whether they placed vocationally.
• Further Study: Graduates pursuing additional education, who have not also placed vocationally or non-vocationally.
• Seeking: Graduates actively seeking placement.
• Other: Placements that do not fall into one of the above categories.

The Presbyterian Standard Ordination Exams are a series of exams taken by students preparing to become Presbyterian church leaders. As the PC(USA) website states: “The … tests, referred to collectively as the “Senior Ordination Exams,” are designed to assess a person’s ability to integrate academic theological study with the practical work of ministry in a pastoral context in the areas of Biblical Exegesis, Theological Competence, Worship and Sacraments, and Church Polity.”