About
The Franciscan School of Theology (FST) is a Catholic graduate theological school at the University of San Diego, a private Roman Catholic research university in San Diego, California, United States. FST is owned and operated by the Province of Saint Barbara of the Order of Friars Minor. FST "is the only freestanding Franciscan graduate theological school in North America dedicated to the Franciscan intellectual tradition."
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, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 1 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data1 · 100.0%
- 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.
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
- Feb 2023Renewal of AccreditationWASC Senior College and University Commission
- May 2021Grant Substantive Change: ProgramWASC Senior College and University Commission
- Jun 2020Grant Substantive Change: ProgramWASC Senior College and University Commission
- Feb 2017Renewal of AccreditationWASC Senior College and University Commission
- Feb 2017Renewal of AccreditationCommission 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 2024–25, students received in Pell grants, alongside $410K in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
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 16 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 Franciscan School of Theology
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
- On campus21
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Sexual orientation1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Data quality: 1 report was later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Franciscan School of Theology vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Franciscan School of Theology 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectFranciscan School of Theology | Grad-only | Grad-only | 89 | Grad-only | — |
| Grad-only | Grad-only | 108 | Grad-only | — | |
| Grad-only | Grad-only | 77 | Grad-only | — | |
| Grad-only | Grad-only | 58 | Grad-only | — | |
| — | 54.5% | 112 | $10,030 | — | |
| Too new | Open admission | 123 | No freshman cohort | — | |
| Peer group median | — | 54.5% | 99 | $10,030 |
Institutions like Franciscan School of Theology
Explore the federal data for institutions in Franciscan School of Theology's comparison group.
- California
Westminster Theological Seminary in California
Grad rateGrad-onlyAdmit rateGrad-onlyEnrollment108Net priceGrad-onlyView data - California
Starr King School for the Ministry
Grad rateGrad-onlyAdmit rateGrad-onlyEnrollment77Net priceGrad-onlyView data - California
Academy for Jewish Religion California
Grad rateGrad-onlyAdmit rateGrad-onlyEnrollment58Net priceGrad-onlyView data - California
Latin American Bible Institute
Grad rate—Admit rate54.5%Enrollment112Net price$10,030View data - California
Haven University
Grad rateToo newAdmit rateOpen admissionEnrollment123Net priceNo freshman cohortView data
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (13)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
- awardEpiscopal Church ScholarshipsEpiscopal Churchinstitution_site$10,000
- opportunityMary E. Bivins Religious ScholarshipBivins Foundationinstitution_site$10,000
- opportunityPresbyterian Study GrantPresbyterian Churchinstitution_site$6,000
- awardFather Leonard Bachmann Graduate ScholarshipCatholic Daughters of the Americasinstitution_site$2,500
- awardMarguerite Young Endowment FundPittsburgh Foundationinstitution_site$1,500
- awardAlbert Clark AwardTheta Alpha Kappainstitution_site$1,000
- awardMartha Gavrila Graduate Scholarship For WomenAssociation of Romanian Orthodox Ladies Auxiliariesinstitution_site$1,000
- awardCalihan Academic GrantsActon Instituteinstitution_site$500
- awardCampus Court ScholarshipCatholic Daughters of the Americasinstitution_site
- opportunityCatholic Employee ScholarshipFranciscan School of Theologyinstitution_site
- awardDisciples Home Missions ScholarshipDisciples Home Missionsinstitution_site
- awardKatherine J. Schutze Memorial ScholarshipDisciples Home Missionsinstitution_site
- opportunityProfessed Members of the Secular Franciscan Order ScholarshipFranciscan School of Theologyinstitution_site
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