The department's graduates usually succeed in graduate school, where they are competitive for scholarships and are accepted into their program of first choice. Graduates routinely report that they are among the best prepared students in tehir entering classes.

Graduates have attended Yale, Princeton, Vanderbilt, Emory, Michigan State, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Wesley Theological Seminary, the Methodist Theological School in Ohio, Anderson School of Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Asbury Theological Seminary, and more.

Rey Mondragon, with aspirations to become a United Methodist pastor, received a full scholarship to Duke Divinity School.