Completion & Graduation Rates
Graduation Rates (Percentage) by Degree – as reported in 2025:
Graduation rates reflect the percentage of an entering degree class that graduated with that degree within the stated period of time. Persistence rates reflect the percentage of an entering degree class that graduated with that degree, graduated with a different degree, or are still enrolled. Not enough time has passed since the first entering classes of Union’s MASJ, MPS, or DMin degree programs to provide graduation or persistence rates for them.
- Master of Divinity (MDiv) entering class of 2019 (6 years): 63.2% graduation rate, 78.9% persistence rate
- Master of Arts in Religion (MAR) entering class of 2021 (4 years): 61.5% graduation rate, 69.2% persistence rate
- Master of Sacred Theology (STM) entering class of 2023 (2 years): 80.% graduation and persistence rate
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) entering class of 2017 (8 years): 50% graduation rate, 75% persistence rate
Completions (Number) by Degree – graduation year 2025:
| MDiv (3 years) | MAR (2 years) | MASJ (3 years) | MPS (1 year) | STM (1 year) | PhD (5 years) | |
| <2 years | 3 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 to <3 years | 29 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to <4 years | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 to <5 years | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 to <6 years | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total Graduates | 40 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 4 |
Placement Rates
Placement (Percentage) by Degree – graduation year 2025:
| MDiv | MAR | MSJ + MPS | STM | PhD | Total | |
| Vocational Placement | 55% | 0% | 12.5% | 100% | 75% | 38.4% |
| Non-Vocational Placement | 7.5% | 25% | 0% | 0% | 25% | 7.7% |
| Further Study | 17.5% | 50% | 8.3% | 0% | 0% | 16.7% |
| Seeking Placement | 7.5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3.8% |
| Other | 7.5% | 0% | 62.5% | 0% | 0% | 23.1% |
| Unknown | 5% | 25% | 16.7% | 0% | 0% | 10.3% |
| Total Graduates (Numbers) | 40 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 78 |