2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Christian Studies in Virginia

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 723 people earned their degree in Christian studies, making the major the 495th most popular in the United States.

Across Virginia, there were 37 Christian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 Christian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,553 and $27,844 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in Virginia” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in Christian studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their Christian studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in Virginia

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

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Christian Studies in Virginia

1

Bluefield College
Bluefield, Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bluefield College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in Virginia. Located in Bluefield, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s Christian studies students in 2020-2021.

Full Bluefield College Christian Studies Report

2

Roanoke College
Salem, Virginia

#17 overall quality in Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Roanoke College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in Virginia. Roanoke is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Salem, Virginia. It awarded 1 bachelors’s Christian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Christian Studies at Roanoke College

3

Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia

#13 overall quality in Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Christian Studies Major in Virginia list. This large school is located in Lynchburg, Virginia, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s Christian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Liberty University Christian Studies Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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