By the numbers*
118
Students enrolled in first-year class
41%
M.Div. Students
50%
M.A.R. Students
9%
S.T.M. Students
56%
Women
42%
Men
3%
Non-binary
11%
International

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 2022.

YDS Fact Sheet

Faculty

  • 43 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

Alumni/ae (for a more comprehensive list, see our notable alums site)

  • 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

  • 2021-22 New scholarship dollars received: $2,752,530 
  • 2021-22 New Annual Fund dollars received: $694,316

Contact

Communications Office

(203) 436-8379
tom.krattenmaker@yale.edu
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Communications Office