Youth Ministry is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #616 out of the 1506 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Youth Ministry Schools in Indiana ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 25 degrees in youth ministry during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The youth ministry school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Youth Ministry Schools in Indiana.
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The schools below may not offer all types of youth ministry degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is difficult to beat Grace College and Theological Seminary if you want to pursue a degree in youth ministry. Located in the town of Winona Lake, Grace College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 25th out of 42 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were roughly 7 youth ministry students who graduated with this degree at Grace College in the most recent year we have data available.
Indiana Wesleyan University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in youth ministry. IWU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Marion. This university ranks 12th out of 42 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were roughly 9 youth ministry students who graduated with this degree at IWU in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global if you want to pursue a degree in youth ministry. IWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the rural area of Marion. A Best Colleges rank of #291 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means IWU is a great university overall.
There were about 2 youth ministry students who graduated with this degree at IWU in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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