Quick Facts

about Starr King School for the Ministry

Established: 1904

Total enrollment in 1904: 2 full-time students, 5 special students

First graduating class: Vernon Moser Cady and Naokatsu Kubushiro in 1908

Total faculty in 1904: 1

Total faculty for 2005-2006: 5 core faculty, 21 associate faculty, 2 visiting professors, 1 research professor, 1 visiting scholar, 10 student teachers, 6 intern supervisors.

Total enrollment for 2005-2006: 87 students: 77 M.Div., 5 MASC, 1 M.A.; 1 M.Div./M.A.. An additional 60 online students. Faculty advisees: 12 Ph.D. students, 1 D.Min. student, 7 M.A. students.

Average class size: 10 students

Gender: 58 women, 28 men and 1 transgender

Geographic diversity: The 2005-2006 incoming class comes from California, Canada, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Arizona, Texas, Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, Maine and Massachusetts.

2000-2003 graduate professional paths:
Parish ministry   38
Religious Education ministry   5
Community ministry   3
Lay ministry   11
Scholarship, teaching, Ph.D. studies   6
Other   3

Total alumni (since 1904): approximately 1,200

Number of Honorary Degree Recipients since 1933: 131

SKSM’s internship program established: 1950s

Number of SKSM students who’ve participated in parish internship programs in North America since 1996: 91

Number of SKSM graduates among 1,660 Unitarian Universalist fellowshipped ministers in North America: 268 (16%)

Unitarian Universalist congregations with membership of 500 or more served by Starr King graduates: 45%

SKSM endowment: $6.2 million

2006-2007 operating budget: $2 million

Percent of tuition covered by scholarships: 20-25%

Year SKSM joined the Graduate Theological Union: 1964

Average January temperature in Berkeley: 66 degrees

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