Aquinas Institute of Theology is a Roman Catholic graduate school located in St. Louis, Missouri. Currently around 250 students are enrolled at the institute. It offers a doctoral degree, master degrees and certificates that prepare students to preach, to teach and to minister. Graduate programs are offered in Divinity, Theology, Pastoral Studies and Social Work. The degrees help students to become prison ministers, priests and parish life coordinators. Certificate programs are offered in Biblical Studies, Pastoral Care, Spiritual Direction and Thomistic Studies. The institute also offers several internet-based distance learning options.