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2022 Best Value Bible Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania

6 Ranked Colleges
180 Degrees Awarded
$21,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Bible Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in Pennsylvania

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Bible Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania” ranking.

Bible/Biblical Studies is the 169th most popular major in the country with 4,250 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 277 Bible/Biblical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 180 Bible/Biblical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Bible Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in Bible/Biblical studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent Bible/Biblical studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the Bible/Biblical studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Bible Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Bible Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Bible/Biblical Studies in Pennsylvania

#1

Lancaster Bible College

Lancaster, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Bible Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Lancaster Bible College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 115 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Bible studies students in 2019-2020.

Lancaster Bible College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Bible/Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. It costs about $22,349 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree bible studies students per year to attend Lancaster Bible College.

Read more about Bible/Biblical Studies at Lancaster Bible College

#2

Clarks Summit University

South Abington Township, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clarks Summit University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Bible Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania. Clarks Summit University is located in South Abington Township, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 29 bachelors’s Bible studies degrees to qualified students.

CSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Bible/Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. It costs about $16,313 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Bible Studies students per year to attend CSU.

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#3

Cairn University

Langhorne, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cairn University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Bible Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania list. Located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s Bible studies students in 2019-2020.

Cairn also made our “Best Bible/Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Cairn University is $21,859 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Bible Studies students.

Full Cairn Bible/Biblical Studies Report

#4

Geneva College

Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Bible Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Geneva College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Bible studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Geneva, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Bible/Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Geneva is $19,778 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree bible studies students.

Read more about Bible/Biblical Studies at Geneva College

#5

Eastern University

Saint Davids, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Bible Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania. Located in Saint Davids, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s Bible studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at EU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Bible/Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $22,284 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree bible studies students per year to attend EU.

Read full report on Bible/Biblical Studies at EU

#6

Messiah University

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

Messiah University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Bible Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania ranking. Messiah University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. It awarded 5 bachelors’s Bible studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Messiah also took the #3 spot in our “Best Bible/Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $28,141 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Bible Studies students per year to attend Messiah University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Bible/Biblical Studies at Messiah University

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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

  • *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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