60 Different Faith Traditions and Denominations Represented
  • United Methodist
    47
  • Other Methodist Family
    20
  • Baptist
    25
  • UCC/Congregational
    19
  • Anglican/Episcopal 
    10
  • AOG/Pent/Cogic
    11
  • Roman Catholic
    25
  • Unitarian Universalist
    6
  • Presbyterian
    12
  • Other, Christian
    63
  • Other, Non-Christian
    14
  • None/Undisclosed
    22
Students by ethnicity
  • 12% Black/African American
  • 6% Latine
  • 6% Asian
  • 44% white
  • 32% International students
Full-time faculty by ethnicity
  • 20% Asian/Asian-American
  • 16% Hispanic/Latinx
  • 11% Black/African American
  • 53% white
Oldest United Methodist Church seminary in the United States
Founded as Newbury Bible Institute in 1839
17
BU's rank among best colleges in big cities - Newsweek, Top 50 Best Colleges in Big Cities
33
states and territories represented by student body
17
student groups and interest groups at STH
43
BU's rank among best global universities -U.S. News & World Report
34
Average Master's student age
40K
dollars per year spent on our free weekly community lunch
100
percent of residential master's students receiving comprehensive tuition scholarships
22
countries represented by incoming student body
50/50
percentage of male/female students
150+
students, faculty, staff & friends fed by our weekly community lunch
52/48
percentage of male/female full-time faculty
87
articles, chapters, presentations, and books published by our faculty in the past year as of September 2024
4.1K
STH alumni worldwide
9:1
students/faculty ratio
4
travel seminars available each year