Enrollment

Over the past five years, the seminary has enrolled, on the average, 26 students per year in the three-year residential M.Div. program. Currently in 2012, there are 61 students in the M.Div. program and 14 additional students in the one- and two-year residential programs. The Advanced Degrees Program students (summer term) number 61. This year, students come to Sewanee from 34 dioceses in the United States — as far away as Montana and Washington state — and internationally from the Diocese of Central Tanganyika. For information about students, please contact Mary Turner, registrar, by email at mturner@sewanee.edu, or by phone at 931.598.1342.

Age Range

The residential students range in age from 24 to 64 years of age with the largest group in the 36-40 age-range. Of our students, 43% are single and 57% are married. Women comprise 48% of the student body, men are 52%, and 11% are from an ethnically diverse background — a figure that has been growing steadily for the past five years.

Formation

The School prides itself in having a flourishing community for its seminarians, faculty, and staff alike. It is this traditional residential model — of worshiping together, living together, and studying together — that has the proven benefit of building relationships across all possible boundaries and forming priests for the challenges of today's church.

Placement

The School of Theology is actively engaged with the students to assist them in finding emplyment upon graduation. According to a survey by the CPG Research Group, Church Pension Fund, on Episcopal seminaries in January 2012, School of Theology alumni/ae have the highest rate of employment, 88%, after five years after graduation. The 2012 M.Div. class had a 100% placement as of July 1, 2012.

Financial Aid

A recent survey of The School of Theology’s graduating class of 2010 revealed that only four students left with any appreciable debt — two of whom had debt of less than $1,000.

Student Profile of the Month

For December, we highlight Grant Stokes, T'12. Learn how he has made a significant contribution to the University's undergraduate community.