Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology is committed to providing education and formation of the highest quality for priests, permanent deacons, and lay ministers. The school has developed a variety of tools to assess achievement and degree program effectiveness.
Faculty and staff regularly review this assessment data, and the school provides ample support to promote student success.
The charts at this link offer a brief picture of our data for the past school year and for the past three years. These are the most basic measures of the demographic make-up of our graduating students, their academic and post-graduation achievement, and for our Graduate Theology Programs, the average time taken to complete the degree.
Master of Divinity Ordination Rates: The ordination rate for seminarians receiving the MDiv at Saint Meinrad is 76% for 2025 (1 deacon not yet ordained a priest for an overseas diocese, 4 Carmelite monks) and for the period 2023-25 it is 92%.
Master of Arts (Catholic Philosophical Studies) (MACPS) Matriculation Rates: 90% of 2025 Catholic Philosophical Studies graduates entered further study toward the MDiv or entered religious life. 86% of MACPS graduates from the period 2023 to 2025 have either entered MDiv programs or pursued religious life.
Time to Degree Completion: 2025 MA (Theology) graduates completed their degree in 4.2 years, on average. Over the three-year period from 2023 to 2025, the average is 4.4 years.
10-Year Graduation Rate: 8 of 14, or 57% of Graduate Theology students who began their Saint Meinrad degrees in 2015 completed the degree within the 10-year limit imposed by the school. Over the past three school years, the 10-year graduation rate is 74% (39 out of 53 degree-seeking students who first enrolled in 2013 through 2015).