Chicago Theological Seminary: Statistics

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#5184 of 14,131 In the World
#1446 of 2,597 In North America
#1366 of 2,496 In the United States
#58 of 100 In Illinois
#21 of 38 In Chicago
#2867 of 2,908 For Classics and Ancient History
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Religion
United Church of Christ
Graduates
215
Male:Female Ratio
46:54
Control
Private
not-for-profit
Highest Degree
Doctor's degree
Acceptance rate
95%*

* Chicago Theological Seminary is among the institutions that don't provide data on acceptance rates. This might happen because the university has programs where applicants only need to meet admission requirements to enroll and don't necessarily compete with others.

We estimate the above acceptance rate based on admission statistics of closely-ranked nearby universities with similar research profiles that do publish such data.

Chicago Theological Seminary Acceptance rate and admissions statistics

47 students enrolled in some distance education courses.

168 enrolled exclusively in distance education.

Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity

Race or Ethnicity unknown 108 (50%)
White 44 (20%)
Black or African American 31 (14%)
Asian 18 (8%)
Hispanic 6 (3%)
Nonresident Alien 4 (2%)
Two or more races 3 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 1 (0.5%)

Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees

Tuition and fees

Graduates
Tuition in-district $26,448
Tuition in-state $26,448
Tuition out-of-state $26,448
Fee in-district $150
Fee in-state $150
Fee out-of-state $150

Chicago Theological Seminary majors

Chicago Theological Seminary has granted 31 master's across 3 programs and 4 doctorate degrees across 2 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at Chicago Theological Seminary.

Major Master Doctoral
Divinity & Ministry 18
Religion & Religious Studies 12
Pastoral Studies & Counseling 3
Philosophy 1
Theology & Theological Studies 1
Grand Total 31 4

Publications & Citations

Chicago Theological Seminary has published 359 scientific papers with 825 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Philosophy, Theology / Divinity / Religious studies, History, Sociology, Political Science, Law, Art & Design, Environmental Science, and Geography and Cartography.

Publications
359
Citations
825

Publication / Citation count by topic

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
342 / 681
Philosophy
269 / 655
Theology / Divinity / Religious studies
214 / 535
History
211 / 416
Sociology
186 / 405
Political Science
159 / 488
Law
155 / 487
Art & Design
124 / 414
Environmental Science
115 / 387
Geography and Cartography
95 / 340
Archaeology
92 / 333
Psychology
82 / 353
Classics and Ancient History
80 / 156
Literature
78 / 322
Computer Science
72 / 289
Biology
62 / 239
Linguistics
58 / 204
Social Psychology
47 / 163
Anthropology
44 / 113
Physics
43 / 155
Art History
42 / 88
Medicine
41 / 252
Engineering
41 / 107
Media Studies
31 / 15
Aesthetics
28 / 134
Library and Information science
28 / 55
Geology
28 / 59
Quantum and Particle physics
27 / 112
Gender Studies
26 / 89
Paleontology
23 / 58
Education Majors
20 / 48
Ecology
18 / 98
Pathology
18 / 171
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
17 / 87
Chemistry
16 / 83
Economics
16 / 61
Acoustical Engineering
15 / 39
Fashion Design
15 / 48
Business
15 / 33
Genetics
15 / 95

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1993 1 5
1994 1 4
1995 5 2
1996 7 3
1997 4 4
1998 1 4
1999 3 9
2000 1 5
2001 2 6
2002 3 31
2003 0 3
2004 3 10
2005 1 3
2006 3 5
2007 7 5
2008 5 6
2009 7 7
2010 7 16
2011 5 14
2012 1 23
2013 4 18
2014 4 12
2015 8 19
2016 7 11
2017 6 17
2018 4 48
2019 7 49
2020 9 34
2021 7 98
2022 7 31
2023 4 94
2024 8 84
2025 2 52
Academic rankings

Chicago Theological Seminary alumni

  1. Jesse Jackson

    Jesse Jackson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1941-.. (age 85)
    Occupations
    religious leaderhuman rights defenderpastorcivil rights advocatefounder
    Biography

    Jesse Louis Jackson was an American civil rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister. A protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. and James Bevel during the civil rights movement, he became one of the most prominent civil rights leaders of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. From 1991 to 1997, he served as a shadow delegate and shadow senator for the District of Columbia.

  2. Jesse Jackson Jr

    Jesse Jackson Jr
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1965-.. (age 61)
    Enrolled in Chicago Theological Seminary
    In 1989 graduated with Master of Arts
    Occupations
    taekwondo athletelawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. is an American former politician. He served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 2nd congressional district from 1995 until his resignation in 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the son of activist and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson and, prior to his career in elected office, worked for his father in both the elder Jackson's 1984 presidential campaign and his social justice, civil rights and political activism organization, Operation PUSH. Jackson's then-wife, Sandi Jackson, served on the Chicago City Council. He served as a national co-chairman of the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign. Jackson established a consistent liberal record on both social and fiscal issues, and he has co-authored books on civil rights and personal finance.

  3. James Henry Breasted

    James Henry Breasted
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1865-1935 (aged 70)
    Occupations
    egyptologistanthropologistuniversity teacherpharmacisthistorian
    Biography

    James Henry Breasted was an American archaeologist, Egyptologist, and historian. After completing his PhD at the University of Berlin in 1894 – the first American to obtain a doctorate in Egyptology – he joined the faculty of the University of Chicago. In 1901, he became director of the Haskell Oriental Museum at the university, where he continued to concentrate on Egypt. In 1905, Breasted was promoted to full professor and held the first chair in Egyptology and Oriental History in the United States.

  4. Gunnar Vingren

    Gunnar Vingren
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1879-1933 (aged 54)
    Occupations
    missionary
    Biography

    Gunnar Vingren was a Swedish Pentecostal missionary evangelist. He served in the early twentieth century in the Amazon and Northeast Brazil. His work led to the creation of the Assembly of God church in Brazil.

All 19 notable alumni

General info

Total FTE staff 38
Carnegie classification Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions

Location and contacts

Address 1407 E. 60th Street
Chicago, Illinois, 60637
United States
City population 2,746,000
Phone 7738962400