School of Theology Student Body
Survey of Geographic Distribution of Current Students 
Students come to the Boston University School of Theology from all corners of the United States and all parts of the world. Some come fresh out of their undergraduate institutions, while others have been teaching or preaching for many years in their communities. Whether experienced or not, these students come to Boston University to pursue a higher level of theological inquiry at the School of Theology. The following information illustrates the great diversity shown by students attending the School.
Demographic Information of Current Students
While Boston University School of Theology is a seminary affiliated with the United Methodist Church, a significant number of students who study at the School are from other churches and denominations. A recent snapshot of our student body shows forty-five percent of the students in the Master of Divinity program were members of the United Methodist Church. Other Methodist denominations made up an additional fourteen percent (including the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the Christian Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, and the Korean Methodist Church). Students from nearly fifteen other churches studied in the MDiv degree program, including significant numbers from the United Church of Christ, the American Baptist Churches in the USA, the Episcopal Church, and the Unitarian-Universalist Association.
Fifty-six percent of the student body in the MDiv, MTS, and MSM degrees were age 30 or younger. Fifty-three percent of these students are female and forty-seven percent are male. Twenty-five percent of these students identified themselves as members of a non-white ethnic population. Twenty percent of the total student population are international students.
Over half of MDiv students came to the School of Theology from the New England area. Other students hailed from the Midwest, the Southeast, the West, and the Great Plains.
Survey of Geographic Distribution of Current Students
New England
ConnecticutMaine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
Mid-Atlantic
DelawareMaryland
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
South
ArkansasFlorida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Midwest
IdahoIllinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Ohio
South Dakota
Wisconsin
West/Southwest
ArizonaMontana
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Pacific
California
Oregon
Washington
Other
Puerto Rico
Countries
Albania
Antigua
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Canada
China
Ethiopia
Germany
Ghana
Guyana
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Japan
Kenya
Korea
Latvia
Liberia
Malawi
Myanmar
Nepal
Nigeria
Philippines
Poland
Romania
Russia
Slovak Republic
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Trinidad/Tobago
Uganda
United Kingdom
Zimbabwe
Previous Colleges Attended
Abilene Christian University
Africa Nazarene University
Allegheny College
American College of Greece
American University
Andover Newton Theological School
Andrews State University
Andrews University
Anna Maria College
Anna Sanders Bible Institute
Antioch College
Appalachian State University
Aquinas Institute of Theology
Ashland Theological Seminary
Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary
Atlanta University
Augustiana College
Aurora University
Austin College
Austin Peay State University
Azusa Pacific University
Bangor Theological Seminary
Bank Street College of Education
Barnard University
Bates College
Beijing University
Belmont University
Beloit College
Berklee School of Music
Bethany College
Boston College
Boston Conservatory
Boston State College
Boston University
Bowdoin College
Bowie State University
Brandeis University
Bridgewater State College
Brooklyn College, CUNY
Brown University
Bucknell University
Buenos Aires University
Cabanatuan City College
California State University
California State University, Fresno
California University
Cambridge University
Carnegie Mellon University
Catawba College
Central University College
Charleston Southern University
Chonbuk National University
Chongshin Bible College
Chongshin University
Chonnam National University
Chungang University
Chungnam National University
Chung Yuan Christian University
Claremont School of Theology
Clark Atlanta University
Colby College
Colgate University
College of New Jersey
College of Saint Benedict
College of Santa Fe
College of the Holy Cross
College of Wooster
Columbia Bible College
Columbia College
Columbia Union College
Columbia University
Concordia University
Cornell University
Cranfield Institute of Technology
Dallas Theological Seminary
Dakota Wesleyan University
Dankook University
Dartmouth College
DePauw University
Dickinson College
Doshisha University
Drake University
Drew University
Duke University
Duksung Women’s University
Durham University
Earlham College
East Africa School of Theology
Eastern Michigan University
Eastern Nazarene College
Eastern Nazarene University
Edinboro University
Emmanuel College
Emmanuel School of Religion
Emory and Henry College
Emory University
Episcopal Divinity School
EWHA Woman’s University
Fairfield University
Federal Theological Seminary
Florida Southern College
Florida State University
Fordham University
Fourah Bay College
Framingham State College
Franklin and Marshall College
Franciscan Theological Seminary
Fuller Theological Seminary
Furman University
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
George Fox University
George Washington University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Gettysburg College
Goddard College
Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary
Gordon College
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Government College Madikeri
Graduate Theological Union
Green Mountain College
Greenville College
Grove City College
Gurukul Lutheran Theological College
Hamline University
Hampshire College
Hankuk University
Hansei University
Hanshin University
Hapdong Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Hartford Seminary
Harvard Divinity School
Harvard University
Haverford College
Hellenic College
Hendrix College
Higher Church School of Athens
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Hope College
Hunan Normal University
Hunter College
Iliff School of Theology
Indiana University
Inha University
Iowa State University
Ithaca College
James Madison University
Johns Hopkins University
Kachebere Seminary
Karnataka Theological College
Keene State College
Keimyung University
Kenyata University
Kenyon College
The King’s College
Kobe University
Korea Baptist Theological University
Korea Christian College
Korea National Open University
Korea Nazarene University
Korea University
Korean National University
Kyungnam University
Kyungpook National University
Lamboof University
Lancaster University
Latino Theological Institute
Lawrence University
Lebanon Valley College
Lee University
Lesley University
Lewis & Clark College
Lexington Theological Seminary
Lipscomb University
Louisiana State University
Lycoming College
Makerere University
Mangalore University
Manhattanville College
Mariano Marcos State University
Mary Washington College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McCormick Theological Seminary
Merrimac College
Methodist Theological College
Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Methodist Theological Seminary
Miami University
Middlebury College
Middle Tennessee State University
Milligan College
Minnesota State University
Mississippi State University
Mokwon University
Montclair State University
Moravian College
Moscow Textile Academy
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Ida College
Mount St. Mary Seminary of the West
Muhlenberg College
Mysore University
Nanjing Theological Seminary
Nanjing Union Theological Seminary
Nankai University
Nashotah House
Nazarene Theological Seminary
Nebraska Wesleyan University
New York University
North American Baptist Seminary
North Carolina A&T State University
Northeastern University
Northern Baptist Theological Seminary
Northern Illinois University
North Park University
Northwest Nazarene College
Northwest Missouri State University
Northwestern College
Northwestern University
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
Oberlin College
Ohio Wesleyan University
Oklahoma City University
Old Dominion University
Olivet Nazarene University
Oral Roberts University
Otterbein College
Pacific Theological Seminary
Peking University
Pennsylvania State University
Perkins School of Theology
Pittsburgh State University
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Plattsburgh State University
Plymouth State College
Point Loma Nazarene College
Pokhara University
Pontificia Universita Gregoriana
Portland State University
Presbyterian Bible College
Presbyterian College and Theological Seminary
Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton University
Principia College
Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Virginia
Providence College
Purdue University
Queens College
Regent University
Regis College
Rhode Island College
Russian Academy of Sciences
Saint Anselm College
Saint Joseph College
Saint Paul School of Theology
Salem State College
Salisbury University
Salve Regina University
Samford University
San Francisco Theological Seminary
Saniku Gakuin College
San Jose Christian College
Santa Monica College
Scaritt University
Seoul National University
Seoul Theological University
Seoul Women’s University
Sewanee University
Shaw University
Simmons College
Smith College
Southern Asia Bible College
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Southern Connecticut State University
Southern Nazarene University
St. Bernard’s Seminary
St. Gregory Seminary
St. John Fisher College
St. John’s Seminary
St. John Vianney College
St. Mary’s Seminary and University
St. Olaf College
St. Peter’s Seminary
St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary
Stanford University
State University of New York at Binghamton
State University of New York at Brockport
State University of New York at Geneseo
State University of New York at Old Westbury
Stevens Institute of Technology
Suffolk University
Sungkyul University
Taiwan Theological Seminary
Tangintebu Theological College
Temple University
Texas Southern University
Tokyo Union Theological Seminary
Towson University
Trevecca Nazarene University
Tribhuvan University
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Trinity Lutheran Seminary
Tufts University
Union College
Union Theological Seminary
Union University
United Theological College
United Theological Seminary
University of Alabama
University of Arizona
University of Arkansas
University of the Arts
University of Athens
University of Calgary
University of California
University of Central Arkansas
University of Chicago
University of Connecticut
University of Durham
University of Edinburgh
University of Florida
University of Ghana
University of Hartford
University of Houston
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
University of Jos
University of Kansas
University of Kent
University of London
University of Lowell
University of Maine
University of Maryland
University of Massachusetts
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Missouri
University of Nairobi
University of Nebraska
University of New Mexico
University of New South Wales
University of North Texas
University of Pennsylvania
University of the Philippines
University of Pittsburgh
University of Puerto Rico
University of Rhode Island
University of Rochester
University of San Diego
University of Scranton
University of South Africa
University of South Carolina
University of Southern California
University of Southern Maine
University of South Florida
University of St. Thomas
University of Stirling
University of Tennessee
University of Texas
University of Theological College
University of Thessalonia
University of Vermont
University of Virginia
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin
Vanderbilt University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Union University
Virginia Wesleyan College
Wake Forest College
Wake Forest University
Waynesburg College
Wellesley College
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Wesley Theological Seminary
Western Michigan University
Western New England College
Western Seminary
Western Washington University
Weston Jesuit School of Theology
West Point
West Virginia Wesleyan College
William Jewell College
Williams College
Worcester State College
Wright State University
Xavier University
Yale Divinity School
Yale University
Yonsei University
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