If you pursue a degree in theology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #127 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Theology Schools in Virginia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,269 degrees in theology during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Your choice of theology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for theology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Theology Schools in Virginia list to help you make the college decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the theology degree levels they offer.
Liberty University is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in theology. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #352 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Liberty University is a great university overall.
There were about 1173 theology students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent year we have data available.
Regent University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in theology. Regent is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Virginia Beach. This university ranks 20th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 73 theology students who graduated with this degree at Regent in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Virginia Union University if you wish to pursue a degree in theology. Located in the midsize city of Richmond, VUU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 62nd out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 17 theology students who graduated with this degree at VUU in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
Your choice of theology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for theology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
