United Theological Seminary

About

Type: Private nonprofit, 4-year
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Website: www.united.edu

This collegeRanked colleges nearby

Setting: Suburb of a large city
Nearest major city: In Dayton
Nearest international airport: Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG), about 60 mi

Dayton, Ohio

Academic calendar: Semester
Religious affiliation: United Methodist
President: Kent Millard (President)
Phone: 9375292201
City: Dayton, Ohio
Address: 4501 Denlinger Rd., Dayton, OH 45426-2308

Degrees & Majors

Graduates in 2025 (first major)

Master's520 international (0.0%)

Doctoral491 international (2.0%)

Popular graduate programs

Theology and Religious Vocations, Other · Doctoral49 (2% international)
Divinity/Ministry · Master's28 (0% international)
Theology/Theological Studies · Master's17 (0% international)
Lay Ministry · Master's7 (0% international)

All majors, graduates and earnings IPEDS · College Scorecard

*Depends on whether majors have graduates in 2025 or not, Yes / No
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Theology has 101 graduates in 2025
Major	Graduate Salary	Master	Doctor
Theology/Theological Studies.	-
Divinity/Ministry.	-
Lay Ministry.	-
Theology and Religious Vocations, Other.	-

Students

510 students in 2025

Graduate students 510

International Students

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

Graduate students5.1%

26 in 2025 · 2.8% in 2016

2016Peer median 3.2%2025

Cost

Finances · fiscal year 2024

Revenue$8.7M

Gifts and private grants

$4.1M47.0%

Tuition and fees

$3.3M38.3%

Investment return

$1.3M14.6%

Expenses$7.6M

Instruction

$2.8M36.4%

Institutional support

$2.6M33.9%

Academic support

$1.3M17.2%

Student services

$637K8.4%

Other

$318K4.2%

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

$67,155peers $51,151

Professor

$73,663peers $65,885

Associate professor

$54,059peers $62,250

Assistant professor

$59,363peers $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

9.2 2016

14.7 2017

9.5 2018

0.0 2019

0.0 2020

0.0 2021

0.0 2022

0.0 2023

2.1 2024

0.0 2025

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

Incidents, 2023–2025

Weapons arrests

1

From the Clery Act campus safety reports schools file, covering on-campus, non-campus and public property.

Notable Alumni

Notable alumni of United Theological Seminary include Jeremiah Wright (Pastor emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ), Floyd H. Flake (Former congressman, pastor and Wilberforce University president) and Howard Storm (Writer, painter and Christian minister).

Jeremiah Wright 1941–

Pastor emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ

Also attended: Howard University, Chicago Theological Seminary
Floyd H. Flake 1945–

Former congressman, pastor and Wilberforce University president

Master of Divinity · Class of 1995

Also attended: Northeastern University, St John's University (NY)
Howard Storm 1946–

Writer, painter and Christian minister

Also attended: University of California-Berkeley, Northern Kentucky University
Dwight Clinton Jones 1948–

79th Mayor of Richmond, Virginia

Also attended: Virginia Union University
Melvin O. McLaughlin 1876–1928

Republican Party politician

Also attended: University of Nebraska--Omaha, Peru State College
Suzan Johnson Cook 1957–

Pastor and former US Ambassador-at-Large for Religious Freedom

Also attended: Emerson College, Dartmouth College
Vashti Murphy McKenzie 1947–

AME bishop and National Council of Churches president

Also attended: Howard University, University of Maryland-College Park

Spouse: Stan McKenzie (New York University)
Barbara Ann Reynolds 1942–

Journalist and author of a Jesse Jackson biography

Also attended: Ohio State University-Main Campus
Dave Koehler 1948–

Illinois state senator

More alumni (3, by field)

Politics and law

Amos C. Brown 1941–

Pastor and civil rights activist

Also attended: Morehouse College
William Henry Fitzjohn 1915–1990

Sierra Leonean diplomat and educator

Other fields

DeForest Soaries 1951–

Baptist minister, author and public advocate

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.