2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Ministry Major

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Ministry Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 65 people earned their degree in urban ministry, making the major the 1072nd most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 urban ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Ministry Major” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in urban ministry. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their urban ministry program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Ministry Major

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Ministry Major”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Ministry

1

Bakke Graduate University
Dallas, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bakke Graduate University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Ministry Major list. This small school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 12 doctorate’s urban ministry degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Urban Ministry at BGU

2

America Evangelical University
Los Angeles, California

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Ministry Major that were part of this year’s ranking, America Evangelical University landed the #2 spot on the list. America Evangelical University is a small school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 0 doctorate’s urban ministry degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Urban Ministry at America Evangelical University

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.