SA国际传媒

SA国际传媒, St. Louis continued its strong enrollment trend this fall when 121 new students enrolled in the master of divinity and certificate (alternate route) programs. This marks the second-largest incoming class since the 1980s and, when combined with last year’s incoming class represents the best back-to-back years of new student enrollment SA国际传媒 has experienced in recent history.

Each year the admissions office at SA国际传媒 analyzes many characteristics of the incoming class of students to create a Class Profile. The results are helpful in identifying enrollment trends. The following data is gleaned from the 2001-2002 incoming class of master of divinity program students, with additional references made to those enrolled in the certificate (alternate route) program.

District of Origin:
The top five districts in terms of the number of new students provided this year include Texas (19), Michigan (14), Missouri and Northern Illinois (tie, 6), and Florida-Georgia, Iowa-East and Pacific Southwest (tie, 5).

Age:
The average age of incoming students this year is 29.4 years, compared with 29.2 last year and 28.8 two years ago. While 51% are 25 years old or less, 41% are 26-45 years-old, with 12% in the 40-45 years-old bracket. In the certificate program, the average age is 48.9 years.

Marital Status:
Slightly more than half (54%) of the new students are married. Almost two-thirds (65%) of these students have no children, but 14% have two children and 12% have three children. The average is 1.72 children/family. All of the new certificate program students are married, and many have children who no longer live at home.

Second-Career:
Following recent trends, slightly more than half (53%) of the new students are classified as “second-career students,” meaning that they were employed in a vocation other than “student” for at least the two years immediately prior to seminary enrollment. All of those in the certificate program are “second-career.”

LCMS Membership:
A significant percentage (74%) are lifelong members in The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS). An additional 16% have been LCMS members for more than six years.

Influential People:
Pastors and parents remain the people most likely to provide a positive influence on a man’s decision to begin seminary preparation with 74% of students mentioning their pastor and 29% mentioning their parents in this regard.

College Background:
Slightly less than half (47%) of the new students graduated from a Concordia University System school with 70% of those having graduated in the previous academic year. Almost an equal number (46%) graduate from a public college, and the remainder (7%) graduated from a private, non-LCMS school.

For more information, contact Rev. Jeffery Moore, director of ministerial recruitment, at 1-800-822-9545 or e-mail [email protected].