About
Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP) is an Episcopal seminary in Berkeley, California. It is one of the nine seminaries in the Episcopal Church and a member of the Graduate Theological Union. The only Episcopal seminary located in the Far West, CDSP has, since 1911, been designated the official seminary of the Episcopal Church's Eighth Province, the Province west of the Rocky Mountains.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 1 Title IV programs, 1 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing1 · 100.0%
- No Data0 · 0.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
WASC Senior College and University Commission
Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools
Action history · 5
- Jun 2022Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools
- Nov 2020Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools
- Aug 2020Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools
- Jun 2020Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools
- Feb 2019Grant Substantive Change: OwnershipCommission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2023–24, students received in Pell grants, alongside $13K in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2023–24
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 36 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at CDSP
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
CDSP vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions CDSP selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectChurch Divinity School of the Pacific | — | — | 40 | — | — |
Academy for Jewish Religion California | — | — | 58 | — | — |
Bethany Theological Seminary | — | — | 61 | — | — |
Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius | — | — | 24 | — | — |
Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest | — | — | 109 | — | — |
Franciscan School of Theology | — | — | 89 | — | — |
Hebrew College | — | — | 163 | — | — |
Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies | — | — | 74 | — | — |
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College | — | — | 46 | — | — |
Saint Meinrad School of Theology | — | — | 183 | — | — |
Saint Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary | — | — | 143 | — | — |
Saint Vincent Seminary | — | — | 79 | — | — |
St Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry | — | — | 144 | — | — |
Starr King School for the Ministry | — | — | 77 | — | — |
Theological Seminary of the Reformed Episcopal Church | — | — | 12 | — | — |
Urshan Graduate School of Theology | — | — | 116 | — | — |
Wartburg Theological Seminary | — | — | 161 | — | — |
Westminster Theological Seminary in California | — | — | 108 | — | — |
| Peer group median | — | — | 84 | — |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Notable alumni of CDSP (11)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Diana AkiyamaReligion
- Keith AndrewsReligion
- Jennifer Baskerville-BurrowsReligion
- Barry L. BeisnerReligion
- Richard Sui On ChangReligion
- Katharine Jefferts SchoriReligion
- Edward J. KoniecznyReligion
- Paul KwongReligion
- Nedi RiveraReligion
- Victor RiveraReligion
- Chester TaltonReligion
Frequently asked questions about Church Divinity School of the Pacific
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about CDSP.
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