![]() The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church established the Theological Seminary at Princeton, New Jersey, in 1812, with the support of the directors of the nearby College of New Jersey, as the second graduate theological school in the United States. The plan met with enthusiastic approval on the part of authorities at the College of New Jersey, later to become Princeton University, for they were coming to see that specialized training in theology required more attention than they could give. The educational intention was to go beyond the liberal arts course by setting up a postgraduate, professional school in theology. The plan to establish a theological seminary in Princeton was in the interests of advancing and extending the theological curriculum. The institution also has an ongoing relationship with the Center of Theological Inquiry. 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. 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. In the 1980s, Princeton Seminary enrolled about 900 students but today, the seminary enrolls approximately 333 students. The seminary also manages an endowment of $1.13 billion in 2020, increasing to $1.459 billion in 2022, making it the third-wealthiest institution of higher learning in the state of New Jersey-after Princeton University and Rutgers University. In addition, it operates one of the largest theological libraries in the world and maintains a number of special collections, including the Karl Barth Research Collection in the Center for Barth Studies. Princeton Seminary has had biblical scholars, theologians, and clergy among its faculty and alumni. ![]() It is also the largest of ten seminaries associated with the Presbyterian Church. 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. Princeton Theological Seminary ( PTSem), officially The Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church, is a private school of theology in Princeton, New Jersey. ![]()
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