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Asbury Theological Seminary

204 North Lexington Avenue
Wilmore, KY 40390-1199
p: 859-858-3581
f: 859-858-2248
Member Status: 
Accredited
(Criteria for Accreditation Decisions)
Denomination: 
Inter/Multidenominational
Statement of Educational Effectiveness
Member School Representatives:
President:
Timothy C Tennent
859-858-2202
Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost:
Douglas K Matthews
859-858-2206
Commission Staff Liaison: 
Lester Edwin Ruiz
Fall 2018 Data:
Enrollment: 
1694 (1246.1 FTE)
Faculty Full Time FTE: 
50
Faculty Part Time FTE: 
24
Total Faculty FTE: 
74
Approved Degrees: 
DMin, DMiss (discontinued), MA, MA (Intercultural Studies), MA in Aging and Spirituality, MA in Christian Education, MA in Christian Leadership, MA in Christian Ministries, MA in Church Planting, MA in Leadership, MA in Marriage and Family Counseling, MA in Mental Health Counseling, MA in Ministry, MA in Pastoral Counseling, MA in Spiritual Formation, MA in World Mission and Evangelism (discontinued), MA in Youth Ministry, MDiv, PhD (Biblical Studies), PhD (Evangelization Studies) (discontinued), PhD (Intercultural Studies), ThM, ThM (Biblical Studies), MA (Biblical Studies)
Orlando, FL
Approved Degrees: MA in Mental Health Counseling, MDiv, MA in Leadership, MA in Pastoral Counseling, MA in Christian Ministries, MA in Christian Leadership, MA in Marriage and Family Counseling, MA (Biblical Studies), DMin, MA in Church Planting
Approved for Comprehensive Distance Education: 
yes
Year of Initial Accreditation: 
1938
Year-term of Last Comprehensive Evaluation Visit: 
2015-spring
Year-term of Next Comprehensive Evaluation Visit: 
2025-spring
Year-month (subject) of next report back(s): 
2020-11 (Assessment of Student Learning), 2020-11 (Exception to Degree Program Requirement), 2020-11 (Exception to Degree Program Requirement), 2021-04 (Exception to Degree Program Requirement)
Accreditation Notes: 
The Board of Commissioners has approved the following six exceptions to residency, thereby allowing the school to offer the 1) MA in Leadership (February 2016) and 2) MA in Ministry (February 2017) completely online; to count courses offered at the Memphis, TN partial-degree extension site toward residency for the 3.a) MDiv (June 2015) and 4.a) certain professional MA degrees (viz. MA in Marriage and Family Counseling, MA in Mental Health Counseling, and MA in Pastoral Counseling) (May 2017); to count courses offered at the Tulsa, OK partial-degree extension site toward residency for the 3.b) MDiv and 4.b) other professional MA degrees (June 2018); to count 5) officially designated travel courses toward residency (February 2018), and to offer 6) a non-residential DMin for professionals who are leading full-time in ministry (February 2019).