Undergraduate
At Cornerstone University, you’ll get the full college experience with a Christ-centered worldview. Learn more about the undergraduate experience below.
At Cornerstone University, you’ll get the full college experience with a Christ-centered worldview. Learn more about the undergraduate experience below.
Persevere in what you know you’re capable of. Our programs for adults provide a creative approach to learning anchored in Christ-centered virtues as you follow your unwavering purpose.
Go further as an influencer in your work and community. Our graduate programs prepare you to open new doors as you reach your God-given potential.
At Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, we're dedicated to learning, serving and leading through rigorous scholarship and a humble approach to Scripture.
At Cornerstone University and Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, we’re committed to helping students succeed, whatever that may look like for them. We take seriously our role to equip students with the knowledge, skills and dispositions they’ll need to thrive both in their present and future vocation.
In our desire to express the value of a Cornerstone education, CU is committed to publishing data regarding retention rates, graduation rates, placement rates, licensure rates and other relevant information related to the student outcomes of the university at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Traditional Undergraduate Outcomes
Professional & Graduate Studies Outcomes
At Cornerstone University, faculty and staff take seriously their responsibility to provide an excellent education designed for working adults. From program learning outcomes to surveys, the Professional & Graduate Studies division uses a variety of evaluative instruments to measure the progress, accomplishments and transformation of enrolled students and recent graduates.
We strive to be transparent regarding the assessment of student outcomes and the disclosure of educational effectiveness data. Cornerstone values such reviews for our stewardship, critical feedback in the process of organizational learning and as a matter of integrity with our students. The following percentages are five-year averages from various PGS surveys.
Graduation Rates
With a commitment to student success, our team of faculty and staff help empower you to cross the finish line of graduation with your degree. These graduation rates demonstrate how many of our students complete their program on average.
Employment Rates
Whether your next career move is a step up or a transition into a new field, the practical experience gained through a degree program can help you achieve that goal. These employment rates show the percentage of students that are employed after they complete their degree program.
Grand Rapids Theological Seminary Outcomes
Assessment of student learning is highly valued at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. It is our responsibility to deliver on the promise to provide excellence in graduate theological education. At GRTS, assessment of student outcomes is not an externally imposed burden. Rather, assessment of student learning and the disclosure of educational effectiveness is a task of stewardship, a process for organizational learning, and a matter of accountability.
The effectiveness of our educational programs is assessed in a disciplined and routine manner. Through a variety of instruments and processes, we assess the achievement of the intended student learning outcomes of our curriculum, student and alumni satisfaction, readiness for ministry of our students, and vocational achievement of our graduates.
The following provides a few highlights and demonstrates how GRTS is delivering on its promise to provide excellence in graduate theological education.
Readiness for Ministry
GRTS students are assessed for their readiness for ministry at the mid-point of their degree program and the end of their degree program. The process engages the student with the academic dean, associate dean, faculty adviser, practicum/internship supervisor or ministry residency mentor and the practicum/internship faculty supervisor or ministry residency director to assess student progress holistically as they prepare to serve in ministry. The potential outcomes of the process include the following: 1) The student is making good progress in readiness for ministry, 2) The student is making progress in readiness for ministry but with specific concerns (with reservation), or 3) the student is not making sufficient progress in readiness for ministry. The three-year average outcomes by degree are as follows:
Degree Completion
Vocational Outcomes
Please Note: Data above was taken from the results of a variety of surveys and other evaluative instruments administered in recent years at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary.
Asia Biblical Theological Seminary Outcomes
Cornerstone University equips students to excel as flourishing influencers in the world for Christ and His kingdom. Here, we define vocational preparation as the faithful stewardship of one’s God-given talents and opportunities throughout his or her professional, personal and civic life. As a result, our Christ-centered, student-focused learning community supports the development of intellectual curiosity, character-based virtues and creative habits.
Comprised of multiple principal academic units, Cornerstone awards associate (A.A., A.S.); bachelor’s (B.A., B.Mus., B.S., B.S.W.); master’s (M.A., M.B.A., M.Div., M.S.); and doctoral (Ed.D.) degrees.
Educational Outcomes
Our graduates enter career fields, ministry roles and graduate programs with essential knowledge and skills in five distinct areas or learning domains, all of which help produce well-rounded individuals who are prepared to influence the world for Christ. Our five university-wide learning outcomes include specialized knowledge; applied knowledge and collaborative learning; intellectual skills; civic and global learning and biblical worldview integration.
Program-Specific Learning Outcomes
Undergraduate Program Learning Outcomes
Adult Program Learning Outcomes
For Cornerstone, assessment is a matter of institutional integrity. In addition to providing an opportunity for organizational learning and a credible foundation for data-based decision making, we view assessment as an ongoing and cyclical process.
Purpose of Assessment
Because we understand assessment as having internal value and theological connections, Cornerstone engages in the work of assessment to achieve the following objectives:
Assessment Reports
Our annual assessment reports reflect the work of the university in the area of assessment. The reports highlight some of the best practices observed in specific divisions or courses. In addition, the reports outline next steps we are taking to invest in the advancement of assessment at Cornerstone.
Annual Assessment Report for 2017-18
Annual Assessment Report for 2016-17
Annual Assessment Report for 2015-16
Annual Assessment Report for 2012-13
Annual Assessment Report for 2010-11
Annual Assessment Report for 2009-10
Annual Assessment Report for 2008-09
Annual Assessment Report for 2007-08
In conducting an evaluation of the university, the following items constituted the formal charge which guided the self-study process. The Cornerstone University community worked for two years in the evaluation of its practices and processes and moved forward following the contours of the “Accreditation Plan” submitted to the HLC for early review.
Specifically, the following goals guided this organizational evaluation:
The campus-wide introspection fostered by this reaccreditation self-study is becoming a part of the campus ethos and organizational expectations. With the advent of the new accrediting process, this review will serve the university well as it moves into the future.
Self-Study Report | November 2011
Cornerstone University Self Study (234-page report)
Cornerstone University Self Study Executive Summary (20-page summary report)
Criteria are listed in the: Handbook of Accreditation, Third Edition.
At Cornerstone University, you’ll get the full college experience with a Christ-centered worldview. Learn more about the undergraduate experience below.
Persevere in what you know you’re capable of. Our programs for adults provide a creative approach to learning anchored in Christ-centered virtues as you follow your unwavering purpose.
Go further as an influencer in your work and community. Our graduate programs prepare you to open new doors as you reach your God-given potential.
At Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, we’re dedicated to learning, serving and leading through rigorous scholarship and a humble approach to Scripture.