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Calvin Theological Seminary

Grand Rapids, Michigan Private nonprofit 4-year Midsize city

Overview

Located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Calvin Theological Seminary is a private nonprofit four-year institution. Its campus is in a midsize city. It enrolled 367 students in fall 2024. Its religious affiliation is Christian Reformed Church.

Calvin Theological Seminary offers certificates, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 6 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Divinity/Ministry, Theology, and Missions/Missionary Studies. It awarded 62 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 4 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

Mission

As a learning community in the Reformed Christian tradition that forms church leaders who cultivate communities of disciples of Jesus Christ, Calvin Theological Seminary serves the Christian Reformed Church in North America and wider constituencies by preparing individuals for biblically faithful and contextually effective ministry of the Word and by offering Reformed theological scholarship and counsel.

Mission statement as reported by Calvin Theological Seminary

Key figures

367
Students enrolled
62
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
6
Programs and majors

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateMasterPhDProfessional

Programs and majors offered 6

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Theology and Religious Vocations 5
Health Professions 1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Master's degrees
52
Doctoral degrees (research)
4
Professional doctorates
4
Postbaccalaureate certificates
2

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
367
Graduate students, fall 2024
367
Full-time, fall 2024
48%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
460
Graduate students, 2024-25
460
Full-time, 2024-25
45%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
30%
Men
70%
White
44%
Hispanic or Latino
15%
Black or African American
9%
Asian
18%
Two or more races
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
11%
Race or ethnicity unknown
3%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
4
Programs with a fully online option
1
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
28%
Students taking some online courses
18%

Campus and services

Setting
Midsize city
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Christian Reformed Church
Carnegie classification
Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions
President
Julius T. Medenblik
Services and opportunities
Accepts AP credit

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