Enrollment Management & Vocational Outreach

At Columbia, we refer to admissions as Enrollment Management and Vocational Outreach, highlighting our administrative capacities while emphasizing the mutual discernment process among our prospective students and campus partners.

Our 2026 Application Goes Live in September!

Our 2026 application will be available early September, so in the meantime, if you’re curious about seminary or considering applying, we strongly encourage you to register for a one-to-one conversation or an on-campus visit, so you can experience for yourself what the Spirit is doing at Columbia.

Download the application checklist to see what you need to submit for each degree program. To learn more about our degree programs, visit our academics page.

If you have any questions, please email us at admissions@ctsnet.edu. We can’t wait to connect with you!

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Consider Columbia

At Columbia Theological Seminary, you are not alone in discerning and wrestling with your call. We seek to be a community of hospitality, justice, and belonging, and we want to welcome you. Find out more about us and apply today.

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• Schedule a Conversation

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More Aid, Less Stress

How to Afford Seminary

Enrollment Management and Vocational Outreach houses our student financial services, which serves as a resource to students both present and future. In addition to trying our cost calculator below, we encourage you to visit our financial aid page to learn more about making your theological education as affordable and stress-free as possible.

All those admitted to the MDiv, MAPT, MATS, Dual MDiv/MAPT, or ThM programs who are enrolled full-time (9 credits or more per semester) receive 100% tuition coverage.

The Student Experience

What’s It Like to Be a Student?

Who better to ask than our students themselves? Click below to hear from recent graduates about their experiences at Columbia.