No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 State AL AZ SC MI PR VA KY KY MO OH NC NY MO 14 PA 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 OK TX NC TN NY KY NY NY NY CA MN 26 IN 27 28 FL CA 29 MS 30 31 ID KY U.S.  Department  of  Education,  Office  for  Civil  Rights   INSTITUTIONS  CURRENTLY  HOLDING  RELIGIOUS  EXEMPTION  (Current  as  of  4/5/2016) Name  of  Recipient  Granted  Exemption Date  of  Request Alaska  Bible  College 9/27/88 American  Indian  Bible  College 10/11/1988 Anderson  University 1/7/2015 Andrews  University 7/15/1976 Antillian  College 3/26/79 Appalachian  Bible  College 11/30/1976 Asbury  College/University 9/30/1976 Asbury  Theological  Seminary 6/2/1977 Assemblies  of  God  Theological  Seminary 10/4/1988 Athenaeum  of  Ohio 7/23/1976 Atlantic  Christian  College 8/29/1984 Ayelet  Hashachar  Teacher's  Seminary 5/3/1977 Baptist  Bible  College 9/5/1988 12/9/1976 Baptist  Bible  College  and  Seminary 10/17/1988 Bartlesville  Wesleyan  College 7/16/1976 Baylor  University 1/12/1976 Belmont  Abbey  College 1/16/2015 Belmont  College 2/16/1979 Belzer  Yeshiva  Machzikei  Torah  Seminary  (formerly  Rabbinical  Seminary  of  Belz) 9/9/1985 Berea  College 9/28/1976 Beth  Hamedrash  Shaarei  Yosher 5/3/1977 Beth  Hatalmud  Institute  for  Advanced  Talmudic  Studies 5/3/1977 Beth  Medrash  Emek  Halacha 5/3/1977 Bethany  Bible  College 11/9/1988 Bethany  Lutheran  College 5/24/1977 5/1/2015 Bethel  College 6/1/1977 Bethune-­‐Cookman  College 5/30/1977 Biola  University 7/30/1985 2/9/77 Blue  Mountain  College 8/12/2015 Boise  Bible  College,  Inc. 8/4/1988 Brescia  College 6/29/1976 U.S.  Department  of  Education,  Office  for  Civil  Rights Date  of  OCR  Grant 5/31/1989 1/5/1989 2/11/2015 9/13/1985 8/16/1985 6/18/1985 5/17/1985 5/17/1985 12/20/1988 9/13/1985 1/9/1985 10/25/1985 11/18/1988 6/18/1985 11/2/1992 9/26/1985 9/26/1985 2/11/2015 2/28/1986 9/24/1985 9/3/1985 9/24/1985 9/24/1985 9/24/1985 1/25/1989 9/13/1985 7/29/2015 9/13/1985 9/3/1985 9/3/1985 9/3/85 10/26/2015 5/31/1989 7/24/1985 Page  1  of  8 No. 33 34 35 36 37 State UT HI UT HI HI IL MO MI NC KY 38 TN 39 OH 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 MO MO SC NY NY SC NC NY CA OH 50 OH 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 KY MN CO SC MD MO IN 58 TN 59 MO 32 U.S.  Department  of  Education,  Office  for  Civil  Rights   INSTITUTIONS  CURRENTLY  HOLDING  RELIGIOUS  EXEMPTION  (Current  as  of  4/5/2016) Name  of  Recipient  Granted  Exemption Date  of  Request 11/17/1988 3/21/1989 Brigham  Young  University  -­‐  UT  &  HI 8/25/1997 9/11/1997 4/14/1998 Brisk  Rabbinical  College 5/3/1977 Calvary  Bible  College 12/13/1988 Calvin  College  and  Seminary 7/23/1976 Campbell  University  (formerly  Campbell  College) 7/15/1985 Campbellsville  College 9/30/1976 9/27/76 Carson-­‐Newman  College 5/1/2015 6/4/1976 Cedarville  College 6/26/1989 Central  Bible  College 5/27/1988 Central  Christian  College  of  the  Bible 7/26/1988 Central  Wesleyan  College 4/26/1977 Central  Yeshiva  Beth  Joseph  Rabbincial  Seminary 5/3/1977 Central  Yeshiva  Tomchei  Tmimim  Lubavitz 4/15/1977 Charleston  Southern  University 12/8/14 Chowan  College 7/26/1976 Christ  the  King  Seminary 4/22/1977 Christian  Heritage  College 3/28/1979 Cincinnati  Bible  Seminary 8/11/1977 9/8/1977 Circleville  Bible  College 11/17/1988 Clear  Creek  Baptist  Bible  College 2/16/16 College  of  Saint  Benedict 3/27/1979 Colorado  Christian  College/University 6/2/1977 Columbia  Bible  College 10/15/1986 Columbia  Union  College 4/28/1980 Concordia  Seminary 9/24/1976 Concordia  Theological  Seminary 7/30/1985 5/28/2015 Covenant  College 12/5/1988 Covenant  Theological  Seminary 2/23/1983 U.S.  Department  of  Education,  Office  for  Civil  Rights Date  of  OCR  Grant 1/6/1989 5/18/1989 10/14/1997 10/14/1997 7/1/1998 9/30/1985 2/2/1989 9/23/1985 9/3/1985 9/3/1985 9/3/85 7/10/2015 9/13/1985 8/16/1989 8/9/1988 9/30/1988 5/17/1985 9/23/1985 10/25/1985 2/11/15 5/17/1985 9/20/1985 10/19/1984 9/13/1985 9/13/1985 1/6/1989 3/15/16 9/13/1985 10/25/1985 11/14/1986 6/18/1985 9/20/1985 9/23/1985 7/29/2015 2/2/1989 5/19/1983 Page  2  of  8 No. State 60 AR 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 KY TX TX TN DC CO NY CA MN 70 TX 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 MA IA MO IA OH TN CA 78 PA 79 OR 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 OH MI IN NE IN MI MI MO TN TN 90 AR U.S.  Department  of  Education,  Office  for  Civil  Rights   INSTITUTIONS  CURRENTLY  HOLDING  RELIGIOUS  EXEMPTION  (Current  as  of  4/5/2016) Name  of  Recipient  Granted  Exemption Date  of  Request 2/12/79 Crowley's  Ridge  Academy/College 8/5/1977 Cumberland  College 9/28/1976 Dallas  Baptist  University 5/27/1992 Dallas  Christian  College 6/29/1988 David  Lipscomb  College 4/18/85 De  Sales  School  of  Theology 5/5/1977 Denver  Conservative  Baptist  Seminary 7/23/1976 Derech  Ayson  Rabbinical  Seminary/Yeshiva  of  Far  Rockaway 5/3/1977 Dominican  School  of  Philosophy  and  Theology  (formerly  St.  Albert's  College) 6/2/1977 Dr.  Martin  Luther  College 10/1/1976 2/27/2015 East  Texas  Baptist  University 1/5/1993 Elms  College 9/2/1986 Emmaus  Bible  College 8/25/1988 Evangel  College 7/15/1988 Faith  Baptist  Bible  College 9/28/1976 Franciscan  University  of  Steubenville 8/27/2014 Freed-­‐Hardeman  University 8/11/1976 Fresno  Pacific  University 6/2/2015 8/12/2015 Geneva  College 10/7/1988 9/24/1976 George  Fox  College/University 3/31/2014 God's  Bible  School  -­‐  College  and  Missionary  Training  Home 10/11/1988 Grace  Bible  College 10/18/1976 Grace  College 9/30/1976 Grace  College  of  the  Bible 5/23/1977 Grace  Theological  Seminary 9/30/1976 Grand  Rapids  Baptist  College 7/1/1976 Great  Lakes  Bible  College 12/21/1988 Hannibal-­‐LaGrange  University 8/27/2015 Harding  Academy 10/21/1976 Harding  Graduate  School  of  Religion 7/21/1976 9/29/76 Harding  University 1/3/1977 U.S.  Department  of  Education,  Office  for  Civil  Rights Date  of  OCR  Grant 9/26/1985 9/26/1985 5/17/1985 7/31/1992 6/2/1989 7/24/1985 8/26/1985 8/27/1985 9/23/1985 8/27/1985 9/13/1985 5/4/2015 5/13/1993 10/1/1986 3/21/1989 9/23/1988 9/24/1985 10/22/2014 5/17/1985 10/13/2015 10/26/15 11/2/1992 8/5/1985 5/23/2014 1/16/1990 9/23/1985 9/13/1985 9/24/1985 9/13/1985 9/13/1985 2/22/1989 10/30/15 9/23/1985 9/23/1985 10/14/1976 9/23/1985 Page  3  of  8 No. 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 State TX TX TX IN PA IN NY CA NC TN AL MO OH PA TX UT TN KY VA CA CA 112 LA 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 LA WI TX NY NJ NY NY MI OK NY 123 MS 124 MO U.S.  Department  of  Education,  Office  for  Civil  Rights   INSTITUTIONS  CURRENTLY  HOLDING  RELIGIOUS  EXEMPTION  (Current  as  of  4/5/2016) Name  of  Recipient  Granted  Exemption Date  of  Request Hardin-­‐Simmons  University 10/20/15 Houston  Baptist  University 9/15/1988 Howard  Payne  University 3/25/2015 Huntington  College 4/18/1988 Immaculata  College 11/8/1976 Indiana  Wesleyan  University  (formerly  Marion  College) 6/28/1976 Jewish  Theological  Seminary  of  America 11/29/77 John  Paul  the  Great  Catholic  University 8/25/15 John  Wesley  College 5/5/1989 Johnson  Bible  College 4/12/1985 Judson  College 2/17/2015 Kenrick  Seminary 4/11/79 Kettering  College  of  Medical  Arts 7/19/1976 Lancaster  Bible  College 9/28/1988 Latin  American  Bible  Institute 9/1/1988 Latter  Day  Saints  Business  College 11/12/1975 Lee  College 1/30/1996 Lees  Junior  College 9/28/1976 Liberty  University 1/16/2014 Loma  Linda  University 10/22/85 Los  Angeles  Baptist  College 9/30/1976 4/22/2015 Louisiana  College 10/10/1978 Loyola  University 4/8/86 Maranatha  Baptist  Bible  College 2/29/2012 McMurry  College 8/24/1988 Mesivta  of  Eastern  Parkway  Rabbinical  Seminary 8/18/1977 Mesivta  Sanz  of  Hudson  County  (formerly  Rabbinical  College  of  Sanz) 5/3/1977 Mesivta  Yeshiva  Rabbi  Chaim  Berlin 11/24/1975 Mesivtha  Tifereth  Jerusalem  of  America 6/2/1977 Michigan  Christian  College 9/17/1976 Mid-­‐America  Bible  College 8/20/85 Mirrer  Yeshiva  Central  Institute 4/15/1977 9/11/2015 Mississippi  College 2/16/1989 Missouri  Baptist  College/University 4/1/96 U.S.  Department  of  Education,  Office  for  Civil  Rights Date  of  OCR  Grant 1/13/16 10/28/1988 4/24/2015 7/12/1988 6/18/1985 9/13/1985 9/24/1985 1/6/16 6/26/1989 7/24/1985 4/29/2015 8/1/1985 9/13/1985 11/2/1992 12/14/1988 7/22/1985 2/12/1996 5/17/1985 4/22/2014 11/19/1985 8/6/1985 7/31/2015 9/20/1985 5/7/1986 6/19/2013 10/13/1988 9/30/1985 10/25/1985 9/23/1985 9/23/1985 9/30/1985 9/20/1985 9/23/1985 10/13/2015 7/25/1989 4/18/96 Page  4  of  8 No. 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 State OR OR MD MN SC WA WA ID MN LA AL WV NY NY OK 140 OK 141 142 143 OK OK AR 144 CA 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 FL PA NC MA SD NY NY NY NY NY U.S.  Department  of  Education,  Office  for  Civil  Rights   INSTITUTIONS  CURRENTLY  HOLDING  RELIGIOUS  EXEMPTION  (Current  as  of  4/5/2016) Name  of  Recipient  Granted  Exemption Date  of  Request Mount  Angel  Seminary 4/6/1979 Multnomah  School  of  the  Bible 12/8/1988 Ner  Israel  Rabbinical  College 5/27/1977 North  Central  Bible  College 12/6/1988 North  Greenville  University 12/10/2014 Northwest  Baptist  Seminary 8/4/1977 Northwest  College  of  the  Assemblies  of  God 7/29/1988 Northwest  Nazarene  University 7/29/2014 Northwestern  College 6/23/1988 Notre  Dame  Seminary 4/11/1977 Oakwood  College 8/6/85 Ohio  Valley  College 10/14/76 Ohr  Hameir  Theological  Seminary 5/3/1977 Ohr  Somayach  Institute 7/22/1985 Oklahoma  Baptist  University 11/24/2014 9/30/1976 Oklahoma  Christian  College/University 7/30/1985 9/5/2014 Oklahoma  Wesleyan  University 11/14/2014 Oral  Roberts  University 1/14/1977 Ouachita  Baptist  University 3/31/1993 6/13/1989 Pacific  Union  College 8/31/1976 Palm  Beach  Atlantic  College 11/8/1988 Philadelphia  College  of  Bible 11/18/1988 Piedmont  Bible  College,  Inc 9/29/1988 Pope  John  XXIII  National  Seminary 8/5/1977 Presentation  College 7/16/1976 Rabbinical  College  Beth  Shraga 5/3/1977 Rabbinical  College  Ch'san  Sofer  of  New  York  (formerly  Rabbinical  Seminary  Yeshivas  Ch'San  Sofer) 5/3/1977 Rabbinical  College  Kamenitz  Yeshivah  of  America 5/3/1977 Rabbinical  College  of  Adas  Yereim  (formerly  Mesivta  Nechlas  of  K'Hal  Adas  Yereim) 5/3/1977 Rabbinical  College  of  Long  Island 5/3/1977 NY Rabbinical  College  of  Queens 155 U.S.  Department  of  Education,  Office  for  Civil  Rights 5/3/1977 Date  of  OCR  Grant 8/5/1985 5/31/1989 9/24/1985 3/7/1989 5/4/2015 9/3/1985 9/23/1988 8/18/2014 5/16/1989 9/16/1985 9/3/1985 6/18/1985 9/23/1985 10/25/1985 12/16/2014 9/20/1985 9/20/1985 10/22/2014 12/22/2014 9/20/1985 6/7/1993 8/7/1990 9/3/1985 1/6/1989 11/2/1992 1/10/1989 8/16/1985 7/22/1985 9/24/1985 9/24/1985 9/26/1985 9/24/1985 9/23/1985 10/25/1985 Page  5  of  8 U.S.  Department  of  Education,  Office  for  Civil  Rights   INSTITUTIONS  CURRENTLY  HOLDING  RELIGIOUS  EXEMPTION  (Current  as  of  4/5/2016) Name  of  Recipient  Granted  Exemption Date  of  Request No. State 156 NY Rabbinical  College  of  the  Bobover  Yeshiva  Bnei  Zion  Inc. 157 158 159 160 NY NY NY OK Rabbinical  Seminary  M'kor  Chaim Rabbinical  Seminary  of  America Rabbinical  Seminary  of  Munkacs Rhema  Bible  Training  College 161 ID Ricks  College 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 NY MN IL IN MN MN MN AL NJ NY CA NC Roberts  Wesleyan  College Saint  John's  University Saint  Mary  of  the  Lake  Seminary Saint  Mary's  College-­‐  IN Saint  Mary's  College-­‐  MN Saint  Paul  Bible  College Saint  Paul  Seminary Samford  University Seton  Hall Sh'or  Yoshuv  Rabbinical  College  Institute  for  Jewish  Studies Simpson  University Southeastern  Baptist  Theological  Seminary 174 AL Southeastern  Bible  College 175 176 177 178 179 AR CA TN OK SC Southern  Baptist  College Southern  California  College Southern  College  of  Seventh-­‐Day  Adventists   Southern  Nazarene  University Southern  Wesleyan  University 180 MO Southwest  Baptist  University 181 TX Southwestern  Adventist  College  (formerly  Southwestern  Union  College) 182 183 184 TX AZ MI Southwestern  Assemblies  of  God  College/University Southwestern  Conservative  Baptist  Bible  College Spring  Arbor  University U.S.  Department  of  Education,  Office  for  Civil  Rights Date  of  OCR  Grant 9/18/85 9/27/85 5/3/1977 5/3/1977 8/24/1976 5/3/1977 1/12/16 11/12/1985 5/7/1985 3/24/98 9/29/1976 9/27/1976 6/23/1977 6/2/1977 9/3/1976 3/22/1989 4/7/1977 4/29/1992 9/20/1976 5/3/1977 10/7/2013 12/18/15 4/4/1985 5/8/1989 8/23/1976 8/3/1988 10/31/85 11/12/15 1/20/2015 7/8/15 *  8/19/1994 3/26/1979 7/14/1976 8/4/1988 7/15/88 6/3/2014 9/27/85 9/24/1985 9/23/1985 9/24/1985 3/24/16 6/22/1988 6/24/1985 8/24/98 8/16/1985 3/9/1984 9/13/1985 9/23/1985 9/23/1985 5/8/1989 9/23/1985 7/29/1992 9/20/1985 9/23/1985 5/23/2014 1/13/16 7/24/1985 6/28/1989 9/26/1985 11/4/1988 2/28/86 1/13/16 3/24/2015 7/29/2015 10/19/1994 9/26/1985 9/26/1985 12/14/1988 9/23/1988 6/27/2014 Page  6  of  8 No. 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 State PA OK CA HI MO CA AL MA KS NJ PA IL OH TN FL 200 DC 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 IL PA GA ND IL IL GA NE 209 TN 210 PA 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 TX AL KY PA NY WA MD U.S.  Department  of  Education,  Office  for  Civil  Rights   INSTITUTIONS  CURRENTLY  HOLDING  RELIGIOUS  EXEMPTION  (Current  as  of  4/5/2016) Name  of  Recipient  Granted  Exemption Date  of  Request St.  Charles  Borromeo  Seminary 8/4/1976 St.  Gregory's  University 3/3/2015 St.  John's  Seminary 9/14/1977 St.  Louis  Chaminade 9/10/1976 St.  Louis  Rabbinical  College 5/3/1977 St.  Patrick's  Seminary 1/4/1978 Stillman  College 7/4/2001 Stonehill  College 4/17/1986 Tabor  College 12/3/2014 Talmudical  Academy  (Talmudical  Institute  of  Central  Jersey) 5/3/1977 Talmudical  Yeshiva  of  Philadelphia 7/20/1977 Telshe  Yeshiva  -­‐  Chicago 11/13/1985 Telshe  Yeshiva  Rabbinical  College  of  Telshe 8/20/85 Tennessee  Temple  College 7/25/1985 The  Baptist  College  of  Florida 12/4/2014 11/13/1975 The  Catholic  University  of  America 7/18/1985 The  Hebrew  Theological  College 9/9/1985 The  Reformed  Presbyterian  Theological  Seminary 9/2/1977 Toccoa  Falls  College 7/8/2015 Trinity  Bible  College *  7/15/1988 Trinity  Evangelical  Divinity  School 9/30/1976 Trinity  International  University *  7/16/2003 Truett-­‐McConnell  College 3/21/1994 Union  College 7/18/1976 1/19/2015 Union  University 7/22/1976 10/28/1985 United  Wesleyan  College 9/2/1976 University  of  Mary  Hardin-­‐Baylor 1/29/2015 University  of  Mobile 3/18/2015 University  of  the  Cumberlands 1/19/2015 Valley  Forge  Christian  College 10/13/1988 Wadhams  Hall  Seminary-­‐College 4/26/1976 Walla  Walla  College 3/21/79 Washington  Bible  College  (formerly  Capital  Bible  Seminary) 12/21/88 U.S.  Department  of  Education,  Office  for  Civil  Rights Date  of  OCR  Grant 9/14/1976 3/24/2015 8/27/1985 9/18/1985 9/24/1985 9/3/1985 8/13/2001 5/15/1986 1/8/2015 9/23/1985 9/26/1985 2/24/1986 9/30/1985 9/3/1985 12/22/2014 6/18/1985 8/8/1985 9/30/1985 9/24/1985 7/31/15 *  9/23/1988 9/13/1985 4/27/2005 7/8/1994 10/25/1985 3/24/2015 9/3/1985 11/21/1985 6/18/1985 3/24/2015 5/4/2015 3/24/2015 1/5/1989 9/20/1985 8/5/1985 1/25/1989 Page  7  of  8 No. State 218 TX 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 CA OR PA IL MS MI AR NY NY NY CO NY U.S.  Department  of  Education,  Office  for  Civil  Rights   INSTITUTIONS  CURRENTLY  HOLDING  RELIGIOUS  EXEMPTION  (Current  as  of  4/5/2016) Name  of  Recipient  Granted  Exemption Date  of  Request 8/26/15 Wayland  Baptist  University 5/27/1992 West  Coast  Christian  College  (formerly  West  Coast  Bible  College) 4/13/1979 Western  Baptist  College  (formerly  Western  Baptist  Bible  College) 4/18/1977 Westminster  Theological  Seminary 8/9/1977 Wheaton  College 7/20/1976 William  Carey  University 11/30/15 William  Tyndale  College  (formerly  Detroit  Bible  College) 9/29/76 Williams  Baptist  College 11/17/2014 Yeshiva  and  Mesivta  Ohr  Yisroel 5/3/1977 Yeshiva  of  Nitra  Rabbinical  College 5/3/1977 Yeshiva  Torah  Vodaath  and  Mesivita  (formerly  Mesifta  Talmudical  Seminary) 6/3/1977 Yeshiva  Toras  Chaim  Talmudical  Seminary 11/24/1975 Yeshivath  Gedolah-­‐Zichron  Moshe 11/25/1977 NY Yeshivath  Kehilath  Yakov 231 232 NE York  College Total  #  of  Institutions  Obtaining  Exemption  =  232 *  OCR  has  a  record  of  this  request  but  the  original  letter  is  unavailable. U.S.  Department  of  Education,  Office  for  Civil  Rights Date  of  OCR  Grant 10/5/15 7/31/1992 8/6/1985 8/5/1985 9/18/1985 9/13/1985 1/13/16 9/30/85 12/22/2014 9/23/1985 9/23/1985 9/23/1985 10/25/1985 9/23/1985 5/3/1977 9/23/1985 9/29/1976 8/1/1985 Page  8  of  8