2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Youth Ministry Major in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Youth Ministry Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 434 people earned their degree in youth ministry, making the major the 616th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 98 youth ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 youth ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Youth Ministry Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in youth ministry. That schools that top this list have a program in youth ministry in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Youth Ministry Major in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree youth ministry students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Youth Ministry in the Great Lakes Region

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 in the Great Lakes Region list. Valor Christian College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Canal Winchester, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Youth Ministry at Valor Christian College

2

Great Lakes Christian College
Lansing, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Great Lakes Christian College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Youth Ministry Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Great Lakes Christian College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lansing, Michigan. It awarded 0 associates’s youth ministry degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Youth Ministry at Great Lakes Christian College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Youth Ministry

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.