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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
217 Degrees Awarded
$15,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master's in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid

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 “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Divinity/Ministry is the 115th most popular major in the country with 6,905 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 261 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 217 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in divinity/ministry. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent divinity/ministry programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the divinity/ministry program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree divinity studies students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

#1

Clarks Summit University

South Abington Township, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clarks Summit University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid. Clarks Summit University is a private not-for-profit institution located in South Abington Township, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CSU are $8,280, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at Clarks Summit University

#2

Lancaster Bible College

Lancaster, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lancaster Bible College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid. Lancaster Bible College is a small school located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania that handed out 18 masters’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Lancaster Bible College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lancaster Bible College are $11,460, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at Lancaster Bible College

#3

Eastern University

Saint Davids, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid. EU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Davids, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

EU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern University are $13,610, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Eastern University Divinity/Ministry Report

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary - Overbrook landed the #4 spot on the list. Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary - Overbrook is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary - Overbrook, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary - Overbrook are $24,761.

Full Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary - Overbrook Divinity/Ministry Report

#5

Moravian College

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Moravian College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s divinity studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Moravian, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Moravian College are $17,442, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Divinity/Ministry at Moravian

#6

Cairn University

Langhorne, Pennsylvania
#7 in overall quality

Cairn University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid ranking. Cairn is a small school located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania that handed out 8 masters’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Cairn also made our “Best Divinity/Ministry Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cairn are $14,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Divinity/Ministry at Cairn

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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