Facts & Figures

CSTM prepares its students for leadership in lay and ordained ministries and for service rooted in faith—in increasingly multicultural contexts. Theological research and reflection, spirituality, and pastoral practice are integral to the School’s life and mission.

#10

Worldwide ranking in theology, divinity, and religious studies

QS World University Rankings 2023

Our Students

371

Total enrollment

198

Master's students 
(M.Div., M.A., M.T.S. programs)

100%

of master's students receive scholarships

32%

International Students

16%

Jesuit students

85%

Catholic students

64%

Lay students

Incoming Class

689

Applications for Fall 2023

161

New enrollments

24

Countries represented

21–73

Age range

Our Faculty

70

Faculty members

BC has the largest theology faculty in the U.S.

10:1

Student to faculty ratio

30

CSTM full-time faculty members

40

BC Theology Department full-time faculty members

Student Outcomes

97%

2022 graduates (all programs) found a placement within six months of graduation

100%

2022 master's students found a placement within six months of graduation

85%

of CSTM graduates who applied to doctoral programs were admitted.

2023 Graduating Student Questionnaire (66% response rate)

STM Library

300,000

Number of volumes in the Theology and Ministry Library

The largest collection of Catholic literature outside of the Vatican

Living in Boston

52

Colleges and universities in Greater Boston

#2

in U.S. cities for quality of living

Mercer

11

Schools in the BTI Consortium

Alumni Network

4,632

CSTM Worldwide Alumni Network