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
42
BU's rank among best global universities -U.S. News & World Report
34
Average Master's student age
100
percent of residential masters students receive tuition scholarship support from STH
12
countries represented by entering 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
131
articles, chapters, presentations, and books published by our faculty in the past year as of December 2025
4.2K
STH alumni worldwide
9:1
students/faculty ratio