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Yale Divinity School’s Positive Impact on America’s Communities

Yale Divinity School contributes powerfully to the nation’s strength and the common good. This improves the lives of millions of Americans.

Positive Impact

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

  • $126M raised to date 
  • 85 new scholarships created