Google Ranked Theological Educational Institutions

Interesting…

As of October 16, 2008, the following list displays, in descending order, which theological educational institution has the most hits on the internet as searched in Google’s search engine.

1. “Union Theological Seminary” (356,000)
2. “Princeton Theological Seminary” (270,000)
3. “Dallas Theological Seminary” (247,000)
4. “Harvard Divinity School” (214,000)
5. “Southern Baptist Theological Seminary” (201,000)
6. “Fuller Theological Seminary” (196,000)
7. “Westminster Theological Seminary” (107,000)
8. “Yale Divinity School” (103,000)
9. “Boston University School of Theology” (85,100)
10. “Graduate Theological Union” (81,800)
11. “Luther Seminary” (79,000)
12. “Reformed Theological Seminary” (78,100)
13. “Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary” (73,300)
14. “Asbury Theological Seminary” (72,400)
15. “Trinity Evangelical Divinity School” (62,500)
16. “Claremont School Of Theology” (56,600)
17. “Denver Seminary” (52,200)
18. “Candler School of Theology” (48,800)
19. “Chicago Divinity School” (48,500)
20. “Western Seminary” (41,700)
21. “Duke Divinity School” (37,800)
22. “Perkins School of Theology” (37,000)
23. “Iliff School of Theology” (35,000)
24. “Calvin Theological Seminary” (33,600)
25. “Talbot School of Theology” (29,000)
26. “Assemblies Of God Theological Seminary” (26,300)
27. “University Of The Nations” (18,900)
28. “Vanderbilt Divinity School” (16,400)
29. “Church of God Theological Seminary” (13,200)
30. “Truett Theological Seminary” (12,100)
31. “Drew University Theological School” (11,100)
32. “Palmer Theological Seminary” (9,520)
33. “Regent University School Of Divinity” (9,450)
34. “Wheaton College Graduate School” (7,800)
35. “George Fox Evangelical Seminary” (3,730)

NOTE: The search was done with the quotation marks as shown below to ensure that the institution’s full name was searched for, and not the individual words in the name.  I left out the institutions which simply have “University” in their names (although these may be excellent theological educational institutions as well), due to the fact that I’m only interested in the theological education side of things and not the entire university.  Also, the links provided go straight to the Google search, and you’ll find that the results change and fluctuate day to day, even hour to hour!  Finally, this is not an exhaustive list!  It’s only purpose is to be thought provoking for those interested in theological education!  If I’ve left out an institution, please Google search it, and indicate it’s hits in a comment to this blog.