2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 770 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 5 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent divinity/ministry programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the divinity/ministry program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree divinity studies students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University of Valley Forge

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$20,636 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Valley Forge landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s divinity studies students in 2019-2020.

UVF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Divinity/Ministry Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Valley Forge is $20,636 for middle atlantic region associate degree divinity studies students.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry

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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