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The General Theological Seminary has not appeared in the U.S. Department of Education IPEDS directory since 2023, which usually means it has closed or merged with another school. The data on this page is historical and kept for reference.

Private nonprofit, 4-year

The General Theological Seminary

New York, New York · www.gts.edu

About

Type: Private nonprofit, 4-year
Location: New York, New York
Website: www.gts.edu

This collegeRanked colleges nearby

Setting: Large city
Nearest major city: New York, about 7 mi
Nearest international airport: Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), about 10 mi

New York, New York

Also known as: GTS
President: The Very Reverend Michael W. DeLashmutt, PhD (Acting Dean & President)
Phone: 2122435150
City: New York, New York
Address: 440 West 21st Street, New York, NY 10011

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

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10.3 2013

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

Notable Alumni

Notable alumni of The General Theological Seminary include Elizabeth Schrader Polczer (Biblical scholar of Mary Magdalene and John's Gospel), William Ingraham Kip (Episcopal bishop) and Morgan Dix (Episcopal priest, theologian and religious author).

Elizabeth Schrader Polczer 1979–

Biblical scholar of Mary Magdalene and John's Gospel

Also attended: Pomona College
William Ingraham Kip 1811–1893

Episcopal bishop

Also attended: Yale University
Morgan Dix 1827–1908

Episcopal priest, theologian and religious author

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York
William Edmond Armitage 1830–1873

Bishop of the Episcopal Church

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. 1820–1891

Clergyman who composed "We Three Kings"

Also attended: University of Vermont
Richard Nelson Bolles 1927–2017

Historian known as the Dean of Lincoln Scholars

Also attended: Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Sibling: Don Bolles (Beloit College)
William Rollinson Whittingham 1805–1879

Fourth Episcopal Bishop of Maryland

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York
Richard P. Smiraglia 1952–

Information scientist in knowledge organization

Master of Divinity · Class of 1997

Also attended: University of Chicago, Indiana University-Bloomington
Eugene Augustus Hoffman 1829–1902

American Episcopal clergyman

Also attended: Harvard University

More alumni (6, by field)

Other fields

Nathaniel Smith Richardson 1810–1883

Episcopal minister, author and editor

Also attended: Yale University
James DeKoven 1831–1879

Episcopal priest and educator
Denzil Angus Carty 1904–1975

Episcopal priest and civil rights leader

Also attended: Wayne State University, CUNY--City College
Henry Y. Satterlee 1843–1908

First Episcopal Bishop of Washington

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York
Stephanos Theodosius 1924–2007

Malankara Orthodox bishop of Calcutta
Hutchens Chew Bishop 1859–1937

Episcopal priest in New York City

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.