2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Youth Ministry Major

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Youth Ministry Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Youth Ministry is the 616th most popular major in the country with 434 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6 youth ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Youth Ministry Major” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in youth ministry. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their youth ministry program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Youth Ministry Major

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Youth Ministry Major”.

Top 6 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Youth Ministry

1

Valor Christian College
Canal Winchester, Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Valor Christian College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Youth Ministry Major list. Located in Canal Winchester, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified associates’s youth ministry students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Youth Ministry at Valor Christian College

2

Kansas Christian College
Overland Park, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas Christian College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Youth Ministry Major list. Kansas Christian College is located in Overland Park, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s youth ministry degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Youth Ministry at Kansas Christian College

3

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
New Orleans, Louisiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Youth Ministry Major. This small school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 1 associates’s youth ministry degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Youth Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

4

Great Lakes Christian College
Lansing, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Great Lakes Christian College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Youth Ministry Major list. Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s youth ministry degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Full Great Lakes Christian College Youth Ministry Report

4

Point University
West Point, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Point University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Youth Ministry Major list. Point University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in West Point, Georgia. It awarded 0 associates’s youth ministry degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Youth Ministry at Point

4

Mid-South Christian College
Memphis, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mid-South Christian College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Youth Ministry Major list. This small school is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and it awarded 0 associates’s youth ministry degrees in 2020-2021.

Full MSCC Youth Ministry Report

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.