About

By the numbers*

Total student population: ~284

See information about Cost of Attendance, Tuition, and Fees.

What do students do after graduation? See the ten year placement statistics.

 

*Numbers represent Fall 2025.

  • 113

    Students enrolled in first-year class

  • 40%

    M.Div. Students

  • 53%

    M.A.R. Students

  • 4%

    S.T.M. Students

  • 15%

    International

  • 55%

    Female-identifying students

  • 39%

    Male-identifying students

  • 7%

    Non-binary

Sterling Divinity Quadrangle showing Marquand Chapel

Faculty

  • 44 full-time members

Divinity Library

  • Volumes 550,000
  • Microforms 250,000
  • Digital Collection 300,000
  • Manuscripts 6,500 linear feet

Notables

YDS has been home to some of the most prominent figures in American religion, education, and public life.

Notable faculty

  • Roland Bainton 
  • Brevard Childs
  • Margaret Farley 
  • James Gustafson 
  • Willie Jennings
  • H. Richard Niebuhr
  • Henri Nouwen
  • Emilie Townes

Notable alumni/ae 

  • Reinhold Niebuhr 1914 B.D., 1915 M.A., theologian
  • James Laney ’54 B.D., ’66 Ph.D., Pres. of Emory University & U.S. Amb. to South Korea
  • William Sloane Coffin, Jr. ‘56 B.D., antiwar activist and Yale University Chaplain
  • John Danforth ’63 B.D., U.S. Senator (Missouri)
  • George Rupp ’67 B.D., President & CEO of International Rescue Committee
  • Barbara Brown Taylor ’76 M.Div., author
  • Michael Curry ’78 M.Div., Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church
  • Sharon Watkins ’84 M.Div., former General Minister & Pres. of the Disciples of Christ
  • Serene Jones ’85 M.Div., ’91 Ph.D., President of Union Theological Seminary 
  • Chris Coons ’92 M.A.R., U.S. Senator (DE)
  • Krista Tippett ’94 M.Div., radio/podcast host
  • Otis Moss III ’95 M.Div., Senior Minister at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago

Fundraising

We are Called Campaign

  • $33.79M raised to date 
  • 85 new scholarships created