McCormick Theological Seminary

About

Type: Private nonprofit, 4-year
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Website: www.mccormick.edu

This collegeRanked colleges nearby

Setting: Large city
Nearest major city: Chicago, about 6 mi
Nearest international airport: Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW), about 9 mi

Chicago, Illinois

Academic calendar: 4-1-4
Religious affiliation: Presbyterian Church (USA)
President: Maisha I. Handy (President)
Phone: 7739476300
City: Chicago, Illinois
Address: 5416 South Cornell Avenue, 5th Floor, Chicago, IL 60615

Degrees & Majors

Graduates in 2025 (first major)

Master's131 international (7.7%)

Doctoral80 international (0.0%)

Popular graduate programs

Divinity/Ministry · Master's6 (0% international)
Theological and Ministerial Studies, Other · Master's4 (0% international)
Theology/Theological Studies · Master's3 (33% international)

All majors, graduates and earnings IPEDS · College Scorecard

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Theology has 21 graduates in 2025
Major	Graduate Salary	Master	Doctor
Theology/Theological Studies.	-
Divinity/Ministry.	-
Theological and Ministerial Studies, Other.	-
Pastoral Studies/Counseling.	-

Students

125 students in 2025

Graduate students 125

International Students

International share over the last 10 years · gray line: median of all 235 private faith-related institutions in the U.S.

Graduate students6.4%

8 in 2025 · 7.2% in 2016

2016Peer median 3.2%2025

Cost

Finances · fiscal year 2024

Revenue$12.0M

Investment return

$9.6M80.0%

Gifts and private grants

$1.6M13.5%

Tuition and fees

$157K1.3%

Auxiliary enterprises

$2K0.0%

Other

$614K5.1%

Expenses$8.3M

Institutional support

$4.6M55.7%

Instruction

$2.3M28.4%

Academic support

$1.2M14.1%

Student services

$153K1.9%

Average faculty salary · 2025 (9-month equivalent)

Dark gray ticks: median pay for the same rank at all 235 private faith-related institutions in the U.S.

All faculty

$72,470peers $51,151

Professor

$81,704peers $65,885

Associate professor

$67,745peers $62,250

Assistant professor

$65,092peers $57,312

Campus Life

Athletics and varsity athletes NCAA · EADA

No athlete data available for 2025.

No athlete data available for 2024.

No athlete data available for 2023.

Nearby & Safety

Ranked colleges nearby

Campus safety · incidents per 1,000 students

0.0 2016

5.0 2017

0.0 2018

0.0 2019

0.0 2020

0.0 2021

0.0 2022

0.0 2023

0.0 2024

0.0 2025

Peer median 0.0 · all 235 private faith-related institutions in the U.S.

Notable Alumni

Notable alumni of McCormick Theological Seminary include Bobby Rush (US representative; co-founded Illinois Black Panther Party), Frank Moore Cross (Harvard professor and Dead Sea Scrolls scholar) and G. Ernest Wright (Old Testament scholar and biblical archaeologist).

Bobby Rush 1946–

US representative; co-founded Illinois Black Panther Party

Master of Arts · Class of 1998

Also attended: University of Illinois at Chicago, Roosevelt University
Frank Moore Cross 1921–2012

Harvard professor and Dead Sea Scrolls scholar

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University
G. Ernest Wright 1909–1974

Old Testament scholar and biblical archaeologist

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, College of Wooster
Russell L. Blaisdell 1910–2007

Air Force chaplain who airlifted 964 Seoul orphans

Also attended: Macalester College
Samuel Austin Moffett 1864–1939

Early American Presbyterian missionary to Korea
Michael Bauman 1950–2019

Theologian and professor at Hillsdale College

Also attended: Trinity International University, Fordham University
August Karl Reischauer 1879–1971

Presbyterian missionary known for work in Japan

Child: Edwin O. Reischauer (Harvard University, Oberlin College)
Frederick W. Hinitt 1866–1927

Former president of Washington & Jefferson College

Also attended: Westminster College, College of Wooster
J. Oliver Buswell 1895–1977

Presbyterian theologian and educator

Also attended: University of Chicago, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

More alumni (5, by field)

Politics and law

Steven A. Schaick 1958–

19th Chief of Chaplains of the US Air Force

Also attended: Fuller Theological Seminary, Webster University, University of Wisconsin--Oshkosh
Michael Jones 1967–

Virginia state senator and pastor

Also attended: University of Colorado Boulder, Virginia Union University

Science and academia

Yung Suk Kim

Korean-American biblical scholar

Also attended: Vanderbilt University
Dennis MacDonald 1946–

New Testament professor at Claremont School of Theology

Also attended: Harvard University, Bob Jones University

Other fields

William M. Baird 1862–1931

Presbyterian missionary who founded Soongsil University

Also attended: Hanover College

From Wikidata “educated at” records (including people who attended without graduating), ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions. Degrees and years follow Wikidata and are left out where it has none.

References and Data Sources

Data from IPEDS (U.S. Department of Education), U.S. News, THE, QS, ARWU and Clery Act campus safety reports. Data insights are written by the Forward Pathway data team from public data.