Starr King & Wild Goose

We’re thrilled to be at Wild Goose Festival and connect with so many progressive people of faith from across the country! Maybe you’re here because you feel a call to spiritual leadership, or maybe you’re interested in taking a course to deepen your lay leadership or nourish your heart. We encourage you to listen to that call – and we’re here to help!

Learn more about your Discernment Chart results here!

Degree Programs & Certificates

Starr King offers two graduate degree programs, each with the option of adding either the Chaplaincy or Unitarian Universalist Concentrations.

  • Master of Divinity – Prepares you for Unitarian Universalist ministry, other denominational ministry, and progressive religious leadership in society.
  • Master of Arts in Social Change – Prepares you for leadership in society through institutions and vocations that serve the common good by working for justice, equity and compassion.

Additionally, the school offers four graduate-level certificates:

Starr King has blessed me with an incredible education embedded in a counter-oppressive, multi-religious framework that very few other professional degree programs offer. I received an unapologetic, multi-disciplinary, and intersectional education on the human impact on every living being and the Earth.

Vanessa Fox

2025 MASC Graduate

Personalize Your Journey

At Starr King, our variety of courses can help prepare students for a future in leadership. Students can decide which classes would best meet their educational goals through our student-centered, adaptive educational model. They can explore our online, intensive, and low-residency options of study. We also offer fieldwork, internships, and other practical methods of learning. Students can even take classes without being enrolled in one of our degree programs! Contact us to learn more about our courses.

Financial Aid Available to Those Who Qualify

We believe that anyone who has the desire to better their community should have the opportunity to pursue that honorable goal. That’s why we offer financial aid and scholarships to those who qualify. In order to qualify for financial aid, students must fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) online and our SKSM Institutional Tuition Scholarship Application. If you have any questions about our financial aid options, contact our Financial Aid Office. We’d be happy to counsel you as you begin your spiritual journey.

An Education that Prepares for the 21st Century

Doing the work to create a better and more just world is essential to the call of religious leadership. That’s why we emphasize our commitment to educating to counter oppressions and to creating just and sustainable communities. One way in which we fulfill this commitment is to teach by who we are and what we do. That is why we welcome not only Unitarian Universalist students, but also students from all faiths, backgrounds, ethnicities, and identities. We believe that everyone has the capacity to become a leader in their community. Through our educational model, students will be equipped to do the work of religious leadership and create social change in the 21st century world. Our programs are available to anyone who is ready to take up this vitally important work.

Get Started Today!

Name(Required)

Request Info

About our graduate programs

Programs & Certificates

Each student’s course of study is individually designed.

Watch an Open House

Receive Open House videos straight to your inbox

Starr King School for the Ministry
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.