Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 2010 - Cokesbury

Table 3: ATS member schools offer a variety of degree programs. Table 3 displays enrollment
by categories of degree programs. The Master of Divinity (MDiv) degree is the normative
degree to prepare persons for ordained ministry and for pastoral and religious leadership
responsibilities in congregations. Over the past four years, from fall 2005 to fall 2008, the
MDiv experienced a 3.4% decrease in the number of students enrolled.
Table 3. Head Count Enrollment by Degree Categories 1998 to 2008
Year
Basic Ministerial
Leadership
(M.Div.) (Non-M.Div.)
General
Theological
Studies
Advanced
Ministerial
Leadership
Table 4: In Fall 2008, women constituted 34.5% of the total enrollment in all ATS schools and
31% of the enrollment in the MDiv degree program. When ATS first began gathering enrollment
data by gender in 1972, women represented 10% of the total enrollment and 5% of the MDiv
enrollment.
Table 4. Women Student Head Count Enrollment 1998 to 2008
Advanced
Theological
Research
Other
1998 29,263 8,066 7,602 8,641 5,712 9,591
1999 29,842 8,361 7,862 8,743 5,396 10,228
2000 30,427 9,098 8,436 8,758 5,692 10,317
2001 31,128 8,652 8,503 8,790 5,756 11,096
2002 32,005 9,493 8,626 9,209 5,653 11,544
2003 33,287 10,343 8,708 9,213 5,804 11,354
2004 34,096 10,417 9,257 9,435 5,541 11,394
2005 34,505 11,018 9,831 9,330 5,790 10,828
2006 34,442 11,057 9,811 9,366 5,876 10,511
2007 34,123 11,031 9,608 9,411 5,937 9,529
2008 33,319 11,071 9,221 9,554 5,938 8,758
Year Head Count % Change FTE % of Head Count
1998 23,176 7.04 33.65%
1999 24,057 3.73 34.16%
2000 25,391 5.55 34.91%
2001 25,999 2.39 35.17%
2002 27,328 5.06 35.70%
2003 27,920 2.19 35.50%
2004 28,875 3.42 36.03%
2005 29,257 1.32 35.98%
2006 27,921 -4.57 34.44%
2007 27,481 -1.58 34.51%
2008 26,870 -2.22 34.51%
Tables 5, 6, 7: Enrollment of North American racial/ethnic students in ATS schools has grown
relatively consistently both in overall numbers and as a percent of total enrollment over several
decades. African American students were 11.62% of the total enrollment in Fall 2008; Hispanic
students, 4.13%; and Pacific/Asian American students, 6.69%. These newest figures show an
increase in African American representation, but declines in Asian and Hispanic enrollment.
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