About
Starr King School for the Ministry is a multi-religious Unitarian Universalist seminary in Oakland, California. The seminary was formed in 1904 to educate leaders for the growing number of progressive religious communities in the western part of the US. The school emphasizes the practical skills of religious leadership through the lens of Educating to Counter Oppressions (ECO). Today, it educates Unitarian Universalist ministers, religious educators, and spiritual activists, as well as progressive religious leaders from a variety of traditions, including Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, earth-centered traditions, and others.
Academic programs at SKSM
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
SKSM vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions SKSM 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectStarr King School for the Ministry | — | — | 77 | — | — |
Academy for Jewish Religion California | — | — | 58 | — | — |
Bethany Theological Seminary | — | — | 61 | — | — |
Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius | — | — | 24 | — | — |
Church Divinity School of the Pacific | — | — | 40 | — | — |
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 | — | — |
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 SKSM (9)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Vanessa Ament
- Sofía Betancourt
- Marc Estrin
- Kelly Flood
- Stephanie Kaza
- Adrian Melott
- Peter Morales
- William G. Sinkford
- Sam Webster
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