Faith Communities Today Survey (FACT) 2010, Presbyterian Church (USA)

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QL7 Please describe the pastor or principal leader of your congregation (if co-pastors, answer only about your oldest co-pastor). Pastor's highest level of education   1) High school diploma or GED   2) Some college or technical school; associate's degree   3) College bachelor's degree   4) Master's degree (including M. Div.)   5) Doctoral degree (including Ph.D., D. Min.)

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
High school diploma or GED	3	.5%	.5%	-4.56
Some college or technical school; associate's degree	15	2.4%	2.9%	-3.12
College bachelor's degree	43	6.9%	9.8%	-1.69
Master's degree (including M. Div.)	370	59.5%	69.3%	-.25
Doctoral degree (including Ph.D., D. Min.)	191	30.7%	100%	1.18

Variable Comparisons

Age Size of place Theology

Age (I-AGE)

	1650-1800	1801-1900	1901-1950	1951-1975	1976-2000	After 2000	TOTAL
High school diploma or GED	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	1.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 3
Some college or technical school; associate's degree	2.5% 1	3.1% 9	1.7% 2	1.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.4% 14
College bachelor's degree	2.5% 1	6.2% 18	10.9% 13	2.9% 3	9.1% 3	0.0% 0	6.4% 38
Master's degree (including M. Div.)	70.0% 28	62.6% 181	53.8% 64	62.1% 64	42.4% 14	50.0% 4	60.0% 355
Doctoral degree (including Ph.D., D. Min.)	25.0% 10	27.7% 80	31.9% 38	33.0% 34	48.5% 16	50.0% 4	30.7% 182
TOTAL	100.0% 40	100.0% 289	100.0% 119	100.0% 103	100.0% 33	100.0% 8	592

Size of place (I-SIZPLACE)

	1-50	51-100	101-250	251-500	More than 500	TOTAL
High school diploma or GED	1.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 3
Some college or technical school; associate's degree	5.4% 12	2.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.5% 15
College bachelor's degree	13.9% 31	4.0% 6	2.5% 4	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	6.9% 42
Master's degree (including M. Div.)	57.0% 127	70.9% 107	62.9% 100	49.1% 27	23.8% 5	60.1% 366
Doctoral degree (including Ph.D., D. Min.)	22.4% 50	23.2% 35	34.6% 55	49.1% 27	76.2% 16	30.0% 183
TOTAL	100.0% 223	100.0% 151	100.0% 159	100.0% 55	100.0% 21	609

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Moderate	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	TOTAL
High school diploma or GED	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 3
Some college or technical school; associate's degree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.0% 7	2.3% 5	5.5% 3	2.4% 15
College bachelor's degree	7.1% 1	1.1% 1	6.8% 16	7.5% 16	14.5% 8	6.9% 42
Master's degree (including M. Div.)	64.3% 9	64.5% 60	58.6% 139	58.9% 126	58.2% 32	59.7% 366
Doctoral degree (including Ph.D., D. Min.)	28.6% 4	34.4% 32	31.2% 74	30.4% 65	21.8% 12	30.5% 187
TOTAL	100.0% 14	100.0% 93	100.0% 237	100.0% 214	100.0% 55	613