2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Religious Education in Pennsylvania

Religious Education isn't the most popular bachelor's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #175 in popularity out of 338 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the most popular for religious education students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 13 bachelor's degrees in religious education during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Religious Education in Pennsylvania

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in religious education.

Most Well Attended Schools for Religious Ed Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

Messiah University
Mechanicsburg, PA

12 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In PA

$23,600 Median Salary

Messiah University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in religious education. Messiah is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Mechanicsburg. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in religious education in Pennsylvania.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the religious ed program earn an average of $23,600 for their early career.

More information about a bachelor’s in religious education from Messiah University

2

University of Valley Forge
Phoenixville, PA

1 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In PA

University of Valley Forge is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in religious education. UVF is a fairly small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Phoenixville. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in religious education in Pennsylvania. More information about a bachelor’s in religious education from University of Valley Forge

Best Religious Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Religious Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	267	17
Maryland	197	0

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Religious Education Related Rankings by Major

One of 7 majors within the Theology & Religious Vocations area of study, Religious Education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Religious Ed

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Biblical Studies	180
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries	50
Theological & Ministerial Studies	41
Missionary Studies	13
Sacred Music	7
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other)	2

Notes and References

• 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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