2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Youth Ministry

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 “Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

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 “Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in youth ministry. To top this list, a school must have a successful youth ministry program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 “Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major for an Associate”.

Top 6 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Youth Ministry

1

Valor Christian College
Canal Winchester, Ohio

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Valor Christian College landed the #1 spot on the list. Canal Winchester, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s youth ministry degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Youth Ministry at Valor Christian College

2

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
New Orleans, Louisiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major for an Associate list. NOBTS is a small school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 1 associates’s youth ministry degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Youth Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

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 Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major for an Associate list. Overland Park, Kansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s youth ministry degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Youth Ministry at Kansas Christian College

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 Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major for an Associate 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.

Read more about Youth Ministry at Great Lakes Christian College

4

Point University
West Point, Georgia

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Point University landed the #4 spot on the 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.

Full Point University Youth Ministry Report

4

Mid-South Christian College
Memphis, Tennessee

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Youth Ministry Major for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Mid-South Christian College landed the #4 spot on the list. Memphis, Tennessee 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.

Read more about Youth Ministry at Mid-South Christian College

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.