Lancaster Theological Seminary
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 2 Title IV programs, 1 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
- Passing1 · 50.0%
- No Data1 · 50.0%
- 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.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools
Action history · 8
- Aug 2025Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalCommission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools
- Aug 2025Voluntary Withdrawal ReceivedCommission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools
- Jun 2025Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools
- Feb 2024Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools
- Aug 2022Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
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 $376K 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 50 borrowers who entered repayment, 3 (6.0%) defaulted within three years — above 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 LTS
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
LTS vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions LTS 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectLancaster Theological Seminary | — | — | 66 | — | — |
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College | — | — | 46 | — | — |
Missio Theological Seminary | — | 100.0% | 20 | — | — |
Saint Vincent Seminary | — | — | 79 | — | — |
Yeshivath Beth Moshe | 11% | 100.0% | 34 | $6,349 | — |
Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius | — | — | 24 | — | — |
| Peer group median | 11% | 100.0% | 40 | $6,349 |
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