About
The Graduate Theological Union (GTU) is a consortium of eight private independent American theological schools and eleven centers and affiliates. All the GTU members are located in Berkeley, California.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 4 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 4 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data4 · 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.
Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools
WASC Senior College and University Commission
Action history · 5
- Jun 2024Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools
- Feb 2024Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewWASC Senior College and University Commission
- Apr 2023Grant Substantive Change: ProgramWASC Senior College and University Commission
- Jun 2017Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools
- Feb 2016Renewal of AccreditationWASC Senior College and University Commission
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 $685K 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 81 borrowers who entered repayment, 1 (1.2%) 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 Graduate Theological Union
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
- Public property3
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Graduate Theological Union vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Graduate Theological Union 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectGraduate Theological Union | — | — | 150 | — | — |
Boston University | 89% | 11.1% | 37,737 | $26,996 | R1 Research |
Brown University | 96% | 5.4% | 11,956 | $26,572 | R1 Research |
Claremont Graduate University | — | — | 1,771 | — | R2 Research |
Columbia University in the City of New York | 96% | 4.0% | 35,173 | $20,148 | R1 Research |
Drew University | 70% | 67.8% | 2,232 | $25,644 | Baccalaureate |
Duke University | 97% | 5.7% | 17,499 | $34,454 | R1 Research |
Emory University | 91% | 10.6% | 15,175 | $23,911 | R1 Research |
Fordham University | 82% | 59.3% | 16,150 | $42,581 | R2 Research |
Harvard University | 98% | 3.6% | 30,259 | $16,816 | R1 Research |
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 54% | 90.8% | 9,073 | $17,216 | R2 Research |
Jewish Theological Seminary of America | 90% | 48.6% | 316 | $29,744 | — |
Northwestern University | 95% | 7.7% | 23,856 | $27,143 | R1 Research |
Princeton Theological Seminary | — | — | 302 | — | — |
Princeton University | 98% | 4.6% | 9,137 | $10,555 | R1 Research |
Southern Methodist University | 84% | 63.3% | 12,116 | $41,778 | R2 Research |
Stanford University | 92% | 3.6% | 18,625 | $12,136 | R1 Research |
Syracuse University | 84% | 45.9% | 22,589 | $41,026 | R1 Research |
Temple University | 75% | 80.4% | 29,640 | $29,219 | R1 Research |
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York | — | — | 234 | — | — |
University of Chicago | 96% | 4.5% | 18,566 | $18,967 | R1 Research |
University of Iowa | 75% | 83.6% | 30,779 | $21,398 | R1 Research |
University of Pennsylvania | 97% | 5.4% | 29,109 | $31,229 | R1 Research |
University of Southern California | 92% | 9.8% | 46,566 | $31,927 | R1 Research |
Vanderbilt University | 94% | 5.9% | 13,575 | $19,040 | R1 Research |
Yale University | 96% | 3.9% | 15,564 | $27,818 | R1 Research |
| Peer group median | 92% | 8.8% | 15,857 | $26,784 |
Graduate Theological Union Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
- John SealDirector of Institutional Research and Consortial Registrar
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Notable alumni of Graduate Theological Union (4)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Robert McElroyReligious Leadership
- Eileen DonahoeDiplomacy/Politics
- David BatstoneSocial Activism
- João BiehlAnthropology
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