Seminary enrollment trends upward: Fuller stops counting psychology students
Enrollment in theological schools in North America has continued on a gradual (2 to 3 percent) annual increase over the past five years, according to new data released this spring. But the largest U.S. seminary, California-based Fuller Theological Seminary, reported a head count of 4,128 students for two years in a row.
Fuller’s statistical oddity initially puzzled a spokesperson at the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) and Fuller registrar David E. Kiefer, who said the evangelical school’s campus in Pasadena and regional extension centers have been showing growth.