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

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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Biblical Studies is the 141st most popular major in the country with 4,250 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, Biblical studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,768 and had an average of $24,104 in loans still to pay off.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 277 Biblical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,967 and $14,172 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 180 Biblical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in Biblical studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great Biblical 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 Biblical studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The bible school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania”.

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Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree bible students.

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

#1

Lancaster Bible College

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lancaster Bible College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania list. Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s Bible degrees to 115 students in 2019-2020.

Lancaster Bible College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. The estimated yearly cost for Lancaster Bible College is $22,349 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree bible students.

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#2

Clarks Summit University

South Abington Township, Pennsylvania

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 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 degrees to qualified students.

CSU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $16,313 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Bible students per year to attend Clarks Summit University.

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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 Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania list. Cairn University is a small school located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania that handed out 19 bachelors’s Bible degrees in 2019-2020.

Cairn also took the #5 spot in our “Best Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Cairn is $21,859 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree bible students.

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#4

Geneva College

Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Geneva College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania. Geneva College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Geneva also took the #6 spot in our “Best Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Geneva is $19,778 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree bible students.

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#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 Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania. This small school is located in Saint Davids, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s Bible degrees in 2019-2020.

EU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. It costs about $22,284 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Bible students per year to attend EU.

Read more about Biblical Studies at Eastern University

#6

Messiah University

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

Messiah University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Bible Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania ranking. Messiah is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. It awarded 5 bachelors’s Bible degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our pennsylvania bachelor’s degree bible students list, Messiah has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Biblical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $28,141 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Bible students per year to attend Messiah University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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