Facts & Figures

STM 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

392

Total enrollment

185

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

100%

of master's students receive financial support

32%

International Students

14%

Jesuit students

82%

Catholic students

62%

Lay students

Incoming Class

603

Applications for Fall 2022

163

New enrollments

23

Countries represented

21–76

Age range

Our Faculty

73

Faculty members

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

10:1

Student to faculty ratio

30

STM full-time faculty members

43

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

4,477

members of STM's worldwide alumni network

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