Talbot School of Theology of Biola University
13800 Biola Avenue
La Mirada,
CA
90639
p: 562-903-4814
f: 562-903-4759
Member Status:
AccreditedDenomination:
Inter/MultidenominationalMember School Representatives:
President:
Barry H Corey
Dean:
Clinton E Arnold Commission Staff Liaison:
Lester Edwin RuizFall 2019 Data:
Enrollment:
1195 (1081 FTE) Faculty Full Time FTE:
62Faculty Part Time FTE:
8.6Total Faculty FTE:
70.6Approved Degrees:
DMin, EdD in Educational Leadership, MA, MA (Christian Apologetics), MA (Classical Theology), MA (Science and Religion), MA in Christian Education, MA in Christian Ministry and Leadership, MA in Marriage and Family Therapy, MA in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, MDiv, PhD (Educational Leadership), ThMBrooklyn, NY
Approved for more than 50 percent of a degree program but not complete degrees
Kyiv, Ukraine
Approved Degrees: MA
Approved for Comprehensive Distance Education:
yesYear of Initial Accreditation:
1978Year-term of Last Comprehensive Evaluation Visit:
2016-spring Accreditation Notes:
The Board of Commissioners has approved an exception to residency requirements, thereby allowing the school to offer up to 50 percent of coursework for either the PhD (Educational Leadership) or EdD in Educational Leadership through distance education (June 2014: approved previously for one-third; February 2016: expanded to half). In June 2014, the Board also approved an exception to admission requirements and advanced standing limits for undergraduate seniors in the university's Biblical and Theological Studies program who apply to the seminary's MA in Christian Ministry and Leadership, thereby allowing the seminary i) to admit beyond the standard 15 percent limit for graduate program applicants without a baccalaureate degree (or its educational equivalent) and ii) to grant such students as many as 18 credits of advanced standing toward the MA in Christian Ministry and Leadership.