Seminary Enrollment Declines
Diocesan Press Service. November 6, 1967 [59-5]
Enrollment in Episcopal seminaries has decreased according to a survey conducted by The Virginia Churchman.
Out of ten replies, four seminaries reported a drop in the entering, or junior class. There were a total of 321 entering juniors as compared with 342 last year.
One hundred and fifty-one, or about half, of the new students are married, continuing a trend which also means higher average aid. Two seminaries report only five unmarried men in their junior class.
The average age of these students is 26, with a range from 30 to 22.
One seminary reported that its junior class would have equalled last year's except that one man was called back to Vietnam and three others were inducted.
In five of these seminaries the men will find themselves in classes with women. Of the total of 12 women, six are working for Master of Arts in Religious Education, two are special students and the remainder are, apparently, taking a standard seminary program.