Do They Add Up?

I have been looking over the numbers that I was able to glean from the CSL and CTS websites regarding placement. (There is a key to the abbreviations at the bottom of the page.)

CSL placement list
CTS placement list

Here's what I found:

• CSL M.Div and A.R. candidates placed: 88
• CTS M.Div and A.R. candidates placed: 40
• CSL M.Div and A.R. candidates awaiting placement: 4
• CTS M.Div and A.R. candidates awaiting placement: 21
• CSL CCMC, CHS, DELTO, and EIIT candidates placed: 28
• CSL CCMC, CHS, DELTO, and EIIT candidates awaiting placement: 5

So the numbers are actually a bit different than first indicated. CCMC, CHS, DELTO, and EIIT are all special programs that receive special placements. They aren't considered a part of the general pool of candidates in the same way as M.Div and A.R. candidates. So the disparity between the two is actually 21-4. The 4 candidates from St. Louis make up approximately 4.35% of the eligible placement class of 92. The 21 candidates from Fort Wayne make up approximately 34.43% of the eligible placement class of 61.

Furthermore, I also analyzed the number of candidates from each seminary placed into each district. The first number represents the CSL M.Div and A.R. candidates. The second number represents the CTS M.Div and A.R. candidates.

• Atlantic: 1-0
• California-Nevada-Hawaii: 3-0
• Central Illinois: 3-1
• Eastern: 0-1
• English: 2-1
• Florida-Georgia: 2-1
• Indiana: 0-4
• Iowa East: 0-2
• Iowa West: 4-3
• Kansas: 2-2
• Michigan: 5-6
• Mid-South: 1-0
• Minnesota North: 4-1
• Minnesota South: 5-0
• Missouri: 5-1
• Montana: 2-0
• Nebraska: 5-1
• New England: 1-0
• New Jersey: 0-0
• North Dakota: 0-2
• North Wisconsin: 3-2
• Northern Illinois: 4-1
• Northwest: 7-0
• Ohio: 3-1
• Oklahoma: 0-1
• Pacific Southwest: 4-0
• Rocky Mountain: 1-1
• SELC: 1-0
• South Dakota: 3-2
• South Wisconsin: 5-0
• Southeastern: 4-0
• Southern: 1-1
• Southern Illinois: 2-1
• Texas: 5-3
• Wyoming: 0-1

The following districts received CTS M.Div and/or A.R. candidates but did not receive any CSL M.Div or A.R. candidates. These districts received a total of 11 CTS candidates. The number of CTS candidates received per district is in parentheses:

1. Eastern (1)
2. Indiana (4)
3. Iowa East (2)
4. North Dakota (2)
5. Oklahoma (1)
6. Wyoming (1)

The following districts received CSL M.Div and/or A.R. candidates but did not receive any CTS M.Div or A.R. candidates. These districts received a total of 34 CSL candidates. The number of CSL candidates received per district is in parentheses:

1. Atlantic (1)
2. California-Nevada-Hawaii (3)
3. Mid-South (1)
4. Minnesota South (5)
5. Montana (2)
6. New England (1)
7. Northwest (7)
8. Pacific Southwest (4)
9. SELC (1)
10. South Wisconsin (5)
11. Southeastern (4)

The following district did not receive any M.Div or A.R. candidates from either seminary:

1. New Jersey

The following districts did not receive any CSL M.Div or A.R. candidates, but did receive CSL CCMC, CHS, DELTO, and/or EIIT candidates. The number of candidates received per district is in parentheses:

1. Eastern (2)
2. New Jersey (1)

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Key:
M.Div = Master of Divinity
A.R. = Alternate Route
CCMC = Cross Cultural Ministry Center
CHS = Center for Hispanic Studies
CSL = Concordia St. Louis
CTS = Concordia Theological Seminary (Fort Wayne)
DELTO = Distance Education Leading To Ordination
EIIT = Ethnic Immigrant Institute of Theology