2025 Best Religious Education Doctor's Degree Schools

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in religious education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #179 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for religious education students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 114 doctor's degrees in religious education to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to religious education students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of religious education students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized religious education related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for religious education students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Religious Education Doctor's Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Religious Education in the United States

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

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Relgious Ed

1

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Kansas City, MO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is a wonderful choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in religious education. MBTS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Kansas City.More information about a doctorate in religious education from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

2

Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

49 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Liberty University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in religious education. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in religious education from Liberty University

Religious Education by Region

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Religious Education Related Rankings by Major

Religious Education is one of 0 different types of Religious Education programs to choose from.

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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