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Wartburg Theological Seminary

333 Wartburg Place
Dubuque, IA 52003
p: 563-589-0200
f: 563-589-0333
Member Status: 
Accredited
(Commission's Statement of Accreditation Status)
Denomination: 
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Statement of Educational Effectiveness
Member School Representatives:
Interim President:
Kristine Stache
563-589-0341
Academic Dean:
Craig L Nessan
563-589-0207
Commission Staff Liaison: 
Lester Edwin Ruiz
Fall 2019 Data:
Enrollment: 
218 (180.2 FTE)
Faculty Full Time FTE: 
9
Faculty Part Time FTE: 
3.26
Total Faculty FTE: 
12.26
Approved Degrees: 
MA, MA in Diaconal Ministry, MA in Theology, Development, and Evangelism (discontinued), MDiv, STM (discontinued)
Approved for Comprehensive Distance Education: 
yes
Year of Initial Accreditation: 
1944
Year-term of Last Comprehensive Evaluation Visit: 
2018-spring
Year-term of Next Comprehensive Evaluation Visit: 
2028-spring
Year-term (subject) of next focused visit: 
2023-spring (Assessment and Diversity)
Year-month (subject) of next report back(s): 
2020-11 (Exception to Degree Program Requirement), 2020-11 (Assessment of Student Learning), 2021-11 (Policies and Practices), 2022-11 (Exception to Degree Program Requirement)
Accreditation Notes: 
In February 2017, the Board of Commissioners approved an exception to residency requirements, thereby allowing the school to offer approximately 80 percent of the MDiv in reduced-residency formats. In June 2019, the Board approved an exception to admission requirements for its accelerated BA/MDiv only, thereby allowing the school to admit undergraduate students from Wartburg College beyond the 15 percent limit for MDiv applicants without a baccalaureate degree or its educational equivalent.