by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bible Major in Oregon” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 4,119 people earned their degree in Biblical studies, making the major the 146th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, Biblical studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,790 and had an average of $26,342 in loans still to pay off.
Across Oregon, there were 50 Biblical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,787 and $24,998 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 Biblical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,963 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bible Major in Oregon” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Biblical studies. That schools that top this list have a program in Biblical studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bible Major in Oregon” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bible Major in Oregon”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bible Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Multnomah University landed the #1 spot on the list. Multnomah University is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s Bible degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Fox University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bible Major in Oregon. GFU is a small school located in Newberg, Oregon that handed out 3 masters’s Bible degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Corban University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Bible Major in Oregon. Corban is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Salem, Oregon. It awarded 1 masters’s Bible degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% 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%.
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