Meadville Lombard Theological School

About

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

This collegeRanked colleges nearby

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

Chicago, Illinois

Also known as: Meadville Lombard Theological School
Academic calendar: Semester
Religious affiliation: Unitarian Universalist
President: Elias Ortega (President)
Phone: 7732563000
City: Chicago, Illinois
Address: 180 N. Wabash Avenue, Suite 700, Chicago, IL 60601

Degrees & Majors

Graduates in 2025 (first major)

Master's171 international (5.9%)

Popular graduate programs

Divinity/Ministry · Master's15 (7% international)
Religion/Religious Studies · Master's1 (0% international)
Lay Ministry · Master's1 (0% international)

All majors, graduates and earnings IPEDS · College Scorecard

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Theology has 16 graduates in 2025
Major	Graduate Salary	Master
Divinity/Ministry.	$57,047
Lay Ministry.	-

Philosophy has 1 graduates in 2025
Major	Graduate Salary	Master
Religion/Religious Studies.	-

Students

62 students in 2025

Graduate students 62

International Students

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

Graduate students1.6%

1 in 2025 · 2.0% in 2016

2016Peer median 3.2%2025

Cost

Finances · fiscal year 2024

Revenue$5.0M

Investment return

$1.7M33.8%

Gifts and private grants

$891K17.7%

Tuition and fees

$683K13.5%

Other

$1.8M35.0%

Expenses$3.8M

Institutional support

$1.7M44.1%

Instruction

$1.6M43.0%

Academic support

$259K6.9%

Student services

$224K6.0%

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

$83,741peers $51,151

Professor

$103,619peers $65,885

Associate professor

$85,487peers $62,250

Assistant professor

$62,118peers $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

10.2 2016

0.0 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 Meadville Lombard Theological School include Francis Ellingwood Abbot (Philosopher and theologian), Hans Tambs Lyche (Norwegian engineer, Unitarian minister, journalist and magazine editor) and Christian D. Larson (New Thought leader and author).

Francis Ellingwood Abbot 1836–1903

Philosopher and theologian

Also attended: Harvard University

Sibling: Henry Larcom Abbot (The United States Military Academy at West Point)
Hans Tambs Lyche 1859–1898

Norwegian engineer, Unitarian minister, journalist and magazine editor

Attended until 1884
Christian D. Larson 1874–1962

New Thought leader and author

Also attended: Iowa State University
Albert Levitt 1887–1968

Judge, law professor and attorney

Also attended: Yale University, Harvard University

Spouse: Elsie Hill (Vassar College)
Jenkin Lloyd Jones 1843–1918

Unitarian minister, founder of All Souls Church in Chicago

Attended until 1870

Child: Richard Lloyd Jones (University of Chicago)
William F. Schulz 1949–

Former executive director of Amnesty International USA

Also attended: Oberlin College

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.