{"id":8,"date":"2019-06-20T00:17:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T00:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/about\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-01-29T15:49:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:49:14","slug":"quick-facts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/about\/quick-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Luther Seminary at a glance, 2025-26<\/h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1cN_hwnj5g3iApEhT2ysSnOxFhz8TBlTh\/view\"class=\"button maroon-button\">View the Quick Facts brochure<\/a>\n<p>In the past year, over 7 million people discovered educational offerings that speak to them and for them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6.96 million tuned in to our 5 podcasts, 3 YouTube channels, and 3 websites (Working Preacher, Enter the Bible, Faith+Lead, and more)<\/li>\n<li>123,000+ learned in our self-paced digital spaces (Faith+Lead Academy, God Pause, Word&amp;World)<\/li>\n<li>8,000+ learned from our real-time offerings (webinars, workshops, lectures, and more)<\/li>\n<li>500+ leaders trained within our learning communities and fellowships (School for Lay Ministry, Seeds Fellowship, Stepping Up to Supervision, and more)<\/li>\n<li>419 sought degrees from our programs (see enrollment information below)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Enrollment<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>419 students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Enrollment by degree program<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"compact\">\n<li>56% \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Master of Divinity<\/li>\n<li>23%\u00a0 \u00a0 Master of Arts<\/li>\n<li>5% \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ph.D., Master of Theology<\/li>\n<li>16% \u00a0\u00a0 Other (Graduate Certificate, nondegree or special programs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Distributed Learning<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"compact\">\n<li>176 students are enrolled in the M.Div. 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Learn more about how you can help raise up future church leaders: <a href=\"http:\/\/luthersem.edu\/giving\">luthersem.edu\/giving<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luther Seminary at a glance, 2025-26 In the past year, over 7 million people discovered educational offerings that speak to them and for them: 6.96 million tuned in to our 5 podcasts, 3 YouTube channels, and 3 websites (Working Preacher, Enter the Bible, Faith+Lead, and more) 123,000+ learned in our self-paced digital spaces (Faith+Lead Academy, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-8","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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