Princeton Theological Seminary

Princeton Theological Seminary

Type	Seminary
Established	1812; 212 years ago (1812)
Accreditation	MSCHE[1] ATS[2]
Affiliation	Presbyterian Church (USA)
Endowment	$1.459 billion (2022)[3]
President	Jonathan L. Walton
Academic staff	40 (Full-time) and 21 (Part-time)[4]
Students	333[5]
Doctoral students	58[5]
Location	Princeton , New Jersey , United States
Campus	Suburban, 23 acres (93,000 m2)
Colors	Yale Blue and Scarlet[6]
Website	www.ptsem.edu

Princeton Theological Seminary (PTSem), officially The Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church,^[7] is a private school of theology in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1812 under the auspices of Archibald Alexander, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), and the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), it is the second-oldest seminary in the United States.^[8][9] It is also the largest of ten seminaries associated with the Presbyterian Church.

Princeton Seminary has had many biblical scholars, theologians, and clergy among its faculty and alumni. In addition, it operates a large theological library and maintains a number of special collections, including the Karl Barth Research Collection in the Center for Barth Studies. The seminary also manages an endowment of $1.459 billion in 2022,^[9] making it the third-wealthiest institution of higher learning in the state of New Jersey—after Princeton University and Rutgers University.^[10]

In the 1980s, Princeton Seminary enrolled about 900 students but as of Fall 2023, the seminary enrolls approximately 276 FTE students.^[2] While around 26 percent of them are candidates for ministry specifically in the Presbyterian Church, the majority are completing such candidature in other denominations, pursuing careers in academia across a number of different disciplines, or receiving training for other, non-theological fields altogether.^[11][12]

Seminarians hold academic reciprocity with Princeton University as well as the Westminster Choir College of Rider University, New Brunswick Theological Seminary, Jewish Theological Seminary, and the School of Social Work at Rutgers University. The institution also has an ongoing relationship with the Center of Theological Inquiry.^[13]