I. Placement:
Students completing the End of Program survey for the 2019-2023 academic years indicated they plan on:
- Working in field assignment – 46.9%
- Continuing preparation for field assignment – 16%
- Working or teaching in North America – 12.3%
- BA Graduates entering Graduate studies – 3.7%
- MA Graduates entering PhD studies – 2.5%
- Other – 18.5%
II. Completion Rate:
Dallas International University (DIU) monitors student success of retention and completion by age, gender, ethnicity, and citizenship. For disaggregated data, click on heading links below.
DIU first offered an undergraduate degree program in Fall 2014. As of Spring 2023, a total of 57 undergraduate students have declared an intention to earn an undergraduate degree at DIU. 61% have either successfully accomplished their stated intentions by completing an undergraduate degree or are currently in process of completing an undergraduate degree at DIU.
From 1999, when DIU first admitted students (as GIAL), through Spring 2023, a total of 666 graduate students have declared their intention to complete a graduate degree at DIU. 84% have either successfully accomplished their stated intentions by completing a graduate degree at DIU or are currently in process of completing a graduate degree at DIU.
The first DIU doctoral degree was awarded in 2023. Through Spring 2023, a total of 22 doctoral students have declared their intention to complete a doctoral degree at DIU. 87% have either successfully accomplished their stated intentions by completing a doctoral degree at DIU or are currently in process of completing a doctoral degree at DIU.
III. Acceptance into Doctoral programs:
Since 2001, we are aware of 24 MA graduates who have applied and been accepted into doctoral programs, averaging just over one per year. In the past ten years (2013-2022) that number is 12. Schools accepting our graduates into doctoral programs include: Assembly of God Theological Seminary, Australian National University, Dallas International University, Fuller Seminary, Hebrew University (Israel), Jackson State University (Mississippi), James Cook University (Australia), Ohio State University, Oxford University (England), Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Stellenbosch University (South Africa), SUNY Buffalo (New York), University of California Berkeley, University of California Santa Barbara, University of Colorado, University of Oregon, University of Texas at Arlington, and Vanderbilt University.