Applications for Fall 2024
Facts & Figures
CSTM prepares its students for leadership in lay and ordained ministries and for service rooted in faith—in increasingly multicultural contexts. Theological research and reflection, spirituality, and pastoral practice are integral to the School’s life and mission.
#11
Worldwide ranking in theology, divinity, and religious studies
QS World University Rankings 2024
Our Students
367
Total enrollment
212
Master's students
(M.Div., M.A., M.T.S. programs)
100%
of master's students receive scholarships
32%
International Students
15%
Jesuit students
88%
Catholic students
63%
Lay students
Incoming Class
697
165
New enrollments (Fall 2024)
24
Countries represented
21–81
Age range
10:1
Student to faculty ratio
31
CSTM full-time faculty members
40
BC Theology Department full-time faculty members
Student Outcomes
97%
2022 graduates (all programs) found a placement within six months of graduation
100%
2022 master's students found a placement within six months of graduation
80%
of CSTM graduates who applied to doctoral programs were admitted.
2024 Graduating Student Questionnaire (72% response rate)
CSTM Library
300,000
Number of volumes in the Theology and Ministry Library
The largest collection of Catholic literature outside of the Vatican
Living in Boston
52
Colleges and universities in Greater Boston
#3
in U.S. cities for quality of living
Mercer
10
Schools in the BTI Consortium
Alumni Network
4,670
CSTM Worldwide Alumni Network