2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Vocations Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Vocations Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) is the 228th most popular major in the country with 1,166 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, theology and religious vocations (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $39,580 and had an average of $31,756 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 168 theology and religious vocations (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $68,035 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 theology and religious vocations (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Vocations Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in theology and religious vocations (other). This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in theology and religious vocations (other).

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Vocations Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree religious vocations students.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

University of Valley Forge
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Vocations Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Valley Forge landed the #1 spot on the list. UVF is located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s religious vocations degrees to qualified students.

Full University of Valley Forge Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) Report

2

Geneva College
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Geneva College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Vocations Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s religious vocations degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.

Full Geneva Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) Report

2

Lancaster Bible College
Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Religious Vocations Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lancaster Bible College landed the #2 spot on the list. Lancaster Bible College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) at Lancaster Bible College

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theology & Religious Vocations (Other)

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.