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Institutions and Faith Affiliations Represented, 2024–2025

A wide range of faith traditions characterizes the YDS student body, and the ecumenical nature of YDS—coupled with diverse racial, cultural, and social associations on campus—nurtures students in their own faiths while enhancing their understanding of the many other traditions represented on campus. Students also hail from a variety of prior educational affiliations representing colleges and universities across the United States and abroad. In 2024–25, students identified with thirty-four different faith traditions including many mainline U.S. denominations such as the United Church of Christ and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; the Roman Catholic Church; historic black churches including the Church of God in Christ and National Baptist Convention; and unspecified evangelical traditions. Alumni/ae of 309 colleges and universities were represented, ranging from each of the Ivy League schools; to small liberal arts institutions such as Williams and Wesleyan; to large state universities including San Diego State and Tennessee; to HBCUs such as Morehouse and Hampton; to Christian schools like Wheaton College (IL) and St. Olaf College.

General Summary

M.A.R. students 150
M.Div. students 139
S.T.M. students 9
Total number of degree students 298
Exchange students 6
Ph.D. students 5
Nondegree students 0
Total number of institutions represented 309
Total number of faith affiliations represented 34