HDS at a Glance

Established in 1816 as the first nonsectarian theological institution in the United States

Dean: David N. Hempton, Alonzo L. McDonald Family Professor of Evangelical Theological Studies and John Lord O'Brian Professor of Divinity, appointed July 2012

Faculty:
Voting Faculty: 44
Emeriti: 11
Others offering instruction: 51
Denominational counselors: 11

Degrees offered:
Master of divinity (MDiv)
Master of theological studies (MTS)
Master of theology (ThM)
Doctor of theology (ThD)

Total courses offered, 2011–12: 216

Student enrollment, 2011-12
MTS: 165
MDiv: 128
ThM: 3
ThD: 43
Summer Language Program: 91
Female: 54%
Male: 46%
Students of color: 26%
International students: 11%
Age range: 22–62
Average age: 26
Religious affiliations: Approximately 30

Number of student organizations, 2011-12: 39

Average percentage of students who complete the program within the anticipated time to degree
MTS: 95%
MDiv: 89%
ThM: 100%
ThD: 80%

Percentage of students who begin a program of study and complete it, by degree program
2011-12: 99.3%
MTS: 98.9%
MDiv: 100%
ThM: 100%
ThD: 100%

2010-11: 98.6%
MTS: 100%
MDiv: 98.4%
ThM: 100%
ThD: 80%

2009-10: 98.7%
MTS: 100%
MDiv: 96.5%
ThM: 100%
ThD: 100%

Graduate employment and further study:
Harvard Divinity School surveys its alumni annually at the one-year anniversary of their graduation. For the survey for the class graduating in 2011, 92% of the responding graduates indicated appropriate vocational placement. Only 8% indicated that they were neither employed nor in graduate school. 53% indicate that they were employed. Another 16% reported a combination of both employment and enrollment in a graduate program, and 22% indicated that they were exclusively enrolled in graduate school. 23% of those reporting indicated an intention to apply to a graduate school program in the near future; another 10% indicated an intention to pursue ordained ministry. The major fields of employment or engagement after one year are summarized in the following chart.

Living alumni: Approximately 6,040

Research and special programs:
Center for the Study of World Religions
Summer Language Program
Women’s Studies in Religion Program

Publications:
Harvard Divinity Bulletin
Harvard Theological Review
Harvard Theological Studies

HDS buildings:
Divinity Hall
Andover Hall
Andover-Harvard Theological Library
Rockefeller Hall
Center for the Study of World Religions
Women's Studies in Religion Program: The Carriage House
Jewett House