2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Far Western US Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 6,905 people earned their degree in divinity/ministry, making the major the 115th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 590 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in divinity/ministry. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality divinity/ministry programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the divinity/ministry program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US 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 a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Far Western US Region

#1

Multnomah University

Portland, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$29,922 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Multnomah University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region. This small school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Multnomah University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $29,922 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Divinity Studies students per year to attend Multnomah University.

Read more about Divinity/Ministry at Multnomah University

#2

The Master's University and Seminary

Santa Clarita, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,833 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Master’s University and Seminary. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Divinity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. The Master’s University and Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Santa Clarita, California. It awarded 7 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at The Master’s University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Divinity/Ministry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The Master’s University is $28,833 for far western us region bachelor’s degree divinity studies students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at The Master’s University

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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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