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2022 Best Value Christian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
289 Degrees Awarded
$25,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Christian Studies Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Christian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Christian Studies is the 475th most popular major in the country with 612 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 289 Christian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Christian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Christian studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great Christian studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the Christian studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Christian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree christian studies students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Christian Studies (With Aid)

#1

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Wake Forest, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Christian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. SEBTS is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wake Forest, North Carolina. It awarded 3 bachelors’s Christian studies degrees in 2019-2020.

SEBTS also made our “Best Christian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Christian Studies Report

#2

Mississippi College

Clinton, Mississippi
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Christian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. MC is located in Clinton, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s Christian studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MC, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Christian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend MC is $17,186 for Bachelor’s Degree Christian Studies students with aid.

Read more about Christian Studies at MC

#3

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Christian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Liberty University is a large school located in Lynchburg, Virginia that handed out 18 bachelors’s Christian studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Liberty University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Christian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $28,903 for bachelor’s degree christian studies students with aid per year to attend Liberty University.

Read more about Christian Studies at Liberty University

#4

California Baptist University

Riverside, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Baptist University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Christian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Riverside, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s Christian studies students in 2019-2020.

Cal Baptist also made our “Best Christian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for California Baptist University is $24,707 for bachelor’s degree christian studies students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Christian Studies at California Baptist University

#5

Seton Hall University

South Orange, New Jersey
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seton Hall University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Christian Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Located in South Orange, New Jersey, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Christian studies students in 2019-2020.

Seton Hall also made our “Best Christian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $29,845 for bachelor’s degree christian studies students with aid per year to attend Seton Hall.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Christian Studies at Seton Hall

Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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