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Contact Admissions

Office of Admissions
Mailing Address
Garrett-Evangelical
2121 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60201

Phone: (847) 866-3945
Toll-Free: (800) SEMINARY
Fax: (847) 467-1269
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Travel from O'Hare

Travel from O'Hare Airport

via Pace Bus

  • Use the Pace Bus, Route 250 - Dempster Street
  • Cost, one way, is $1.75.
  • Board bus at O'Hate's Kiss-N-Fly Station
  • Take the bus to the final stop, Evanston's Davis St. (57 minutes)
  • Take a left at the bottom of the station stairs, and a left out of the station, walk half a block North to Church St. Take a right on Church St. and walk East until you hit Chicago. Cross Church St. and take a left follow Chicago North until it merges with Sheridan. Continue following Sheridan North for four blocks. Garrett-Evangelical will be on your right.


via the 'L'

  • Buy a transit card ($2.25) from the machine at the airport stop.

During peak hours (leaving O'Hare between 6:25-9:25 a.m. & 2:55-5:35 p.m. on weekdays):

  • Take the Blue Line to the Clark/Lake stop (41 minutes). Walk upstairs from the subway to the elevated tracks and take the northbound Purple Line marked "Linden."
  • Take Purple Line north to the Foster stop (33 minutes).
  • Take a right at the bottom of the stairs and walk east two-and-a-half blocks on Foster St. Cross Sheridan Road and turn left.
  • Walk north on Sheridan two blocks to Garrett Place. Garrett-Evangelical is on the right.

During non-peak hours:

  • Take the Blue Line to the Washington stop (42 minutes).
  • From the north end of the station where the train stops, follow the signs marked "To Red Line" down the stairs and through the tunnel.
  • Take the Red Line marked "Howard" north to the Howard stop at the end of the line (37 minutes). Transfer to the Purple Line train marked "Linden".
  • Take the Purple Line to the Foster stop (8 minutes).
  • Take a right at the bottom of the stairs, and walk east two-and-a-half blocks on Foster Street. Cross Sheridan Road and turn left.
  • Walk north on Sheridan two blocks to Garrett Place. Garrett-Evangelical is on the right.


via taxi

  • Use the Northshore Cab Company (847-864-7500).
  • Cost is $35 flat rate to the seminary for one person and $1 for each additional person.
  • Allow up to 40 minutes for the cab to arrive.
  • Be sure the dispatcher tells you where to meet the cab.

UMC Logo Garrett-Evangelical, a seminary related to
The United Methodist Church, welcomes
students from a wide range of faith traditions.