Editing Princeton Theological Seminary (section)

==Academics==
[[File:Stuart Hall at Princeton Theological Seminary.jpg|alt=|thumb|Stuart Hall. The main classroom building of the Princeton Theological Seminary, designed by [[William Appleton Potter]] in [[Venetian Gothic architecture|Venetian Gothic]] style. Built in 1876.]]Princeton Theological Seminary has been accredited by the [[American Theological Library Association|Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS)]] since 1938 and by the [[Middle States Commission on Higher Education]] since 1968.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ats.edu/member-schools/princeton-theological-seminary|title=Member Profile|website=Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619203308/https://www.ats.edu/member-schools/princeton-theological-seminary|archive-date=2017-06-19|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=effectiveness>{{Cite web|url=http://ptsem.edu/admissions/information/educational-effectiveness|title=Educational Effectiveness|website=Princeton Theological Seminary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628105208/http://www.ptsem.edu/admissions/information/educational-effectiveness|archive-date=2017-06-28|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Degree programs===
* [[Master of Divinity]] (M.Div.)
* [[Master of Arts|Masters of Arts]] (MA)
* [[Master of Arts in Theological Studies]] (MATS)
* [[Master of Theology]] (Th.M.)
* [[Doctor of Ministry]] (D.Min.), offered from 1975 to 2005, having been replaced with Ph.D. in Practical Theology
* [[Doctor of Philosophy]] (Ph.D.), although the [[Doctor of Theology]] was previously awarded
* Dual M.Div./MA in Christian Education with foci in Youth & Young Adults, Teaching Ministry, or Spiritual Development
*Dual M.Div./MSW in partnership with Rutgers School of Social Work<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ptsem.edu/academics/degrees/master-of-divinity|title=Master of Divinity|date=26 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822181403/https://www.ptsem.edu/academics/degrees/master-of-divinity|archive-date=2018-08-22|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Libraries===
[[File:Wright Library, Princeton Theological Seminary.jpg|thumb|right|Wright Library]]
The Wright Library is a destination for visiting scholars from around the world. The current library building was completed in 2013 and was renamed on October 13, 2021, after [[Theodore S. Wright]], the first African American to graduate from Princeton Theological Seminary.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-13 |title=Princeton Seminary Names Library After Theodore Sedgwick Wright |url=https://www.ptsem.edu/news/library-naming |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=Princeton Theological Seminary |language=en}}</ref> The library has over 1,252,503 bound volumes, pamphlets, and microfilms.<ref>[http://libweb.ptsem.edu/about.aspx Princeton Seminary Library] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517212807/http://libweb.ptsem.edu/about.aspx |date=2008-05-17 }}</ref> It receives about 2,100 journals, annual reports of church bodies and learned societies, bulletins, transactions, and periodically issued indices, abstracts, and bibliographies. The libraries are:
* Princeton Theological Seminary Library ("The Wright Library") was opened in 2013 and holds the bulk of the seminary's collection. The library is also home to the Center for Barth Studies,<ref>[[Karl Barth#Center for Barth Studies|Karl Barth>Center for Barth Studies]]</ref> the Reigner Reading Room,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ptsem.edu/library/collections/general/reigner/ |title=Reigner Christian Education Resource Collection |access-date=2014-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605000835/http://www.ptsem.edu/library/collections/general/reigner/ |archive-date=2014-06-05 |url-status=live }}</ref> and special collections including the [[Abraham Kuyper]] collection of Dutch Reformed Protestantism and personal libraries of theologians like [[Ashbel Green]], [[William Buell Sprague]], [[Joseph Addison Alexander]], [[Alexander Balloch Grosart]], [[William Henry Green]], [[Samuel Miller (theologian)|Samuel Miller]], and [[B. B. Warfield]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ptsem.edu/library/about/ |title=Princeton Theological Seminary Library |access-date=2014-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140603155310/http://ptsem.edu/library/about/ |archive-date=2014-06-03 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Speer Library was opened in 1957 and named in honor of the renowned missionary statesman [[Robert E. Speer]]. It was closed in late 2010 and was replaced by the new library.
* Henry Luce III Library, dedicated in 1994 and named in honor of a distinguished trustee, [[Henry W. Luce]], has 350,000 volumes and 250 readers. This library merged with Wright Library in 2013.

===Rankings===
Given its status as an autonomous [[Postgraduate education|postgraduate institution]], Princeton Seminary does not appear in most global or national rankings for universities and colleges. As a [[graduate school]], however, it does see such ranking on occasion. In 2020, it was ranked #53 nationwide – tied with [[University of Iowa]] and [[University of Florida]] – for the field of history by the ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Overview of Princeton Theological Seminary|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/princeton-theological-seminary-186122|access-date=18 Nov 2020|website=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref> It was also rated at A+ by the American rankings and review company [[Niche (company)|Niche]] in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Niche Review, Princeton Theological Seminary|url=https://www.niche.com/graduate-schools/princeton-theological-seminary/#about}}</ref> The journal ''[[First Things]]'', an organ of the Institute on Religion and Public Life in [[New York City|New York]], ranked Princeton Seminary fifth among American graduate programs in theology, in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2012/11/ranking-theology-programs|title=A 2012 Ranking of Graduate Programs in Theology|date=November 26, 2012|website=First Things|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819161433/https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2012/11/ranking-theology-programs|archive-date=August 19, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>