56 Different Faith Traditions and Denominations Represented
  • United Methodist
    59
  • Other Methodist Family
    19
  • Baptist
    17
  • UCC/Congregational
    19
  • Anglican/Episcopal 
    12
  • AOG/Pent/Cogic
    10
  • Roman Catholic
    25
  • Unitarian Universalist
    16
  • Presbyterian
    9
  • Other, Christian
    61
  • Other, Non-Christian
    15
  • None/Undisclosed
    23
Students by ethnicity
  • 12% Black/African American
  • 7% Latinx
  • 6% Asian
  • 48% white
  • 27% International students
Full-time faculty by ethnicity
  • 19% Asian/Asian-American
  • 16% Hispanic/Latinx
  • 10% Black/African American
  • 55% white
Oldest United Methodist Church seminary in the United States
Founded as Newbury Bible Institute in 1839
27
BU's rank among US Universities for best colleges -Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education
38
states and territories represented by student body
17
student groups and interest groups at STH
41
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
21
countries represented by student body
50/50
percentage of male/female students
150+
students, faculty, staff & friends fed by our weekly community lunch
60/40
percentage of male/female full-time faculty
72
articles, chapters, and books published by our faculty in the past year as of October 2023
4.0K
STH alumni worldwide
9:1
students/faculty ratio
4
travel seminars available each year