2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Far Western US Region

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In 2020-2021, 7,238 people earned their degree in divinity/ministry, making the major the 113th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 613 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in divinity/ministry. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their divinity/ministry program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree divinity studies students.

Top 4 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Far Western US Region

1

Corban University
Salem, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Corban University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. Corban is located in Salem, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Divinity/Ministry at Corban University

2

Multnomah University
Portland, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Multnomah University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. This small school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Multnomah University Divinity/Ministry Report

3

The Master's University and Seminary
Santa Clarita, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Master’s University and Seminary. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Far Western US Region. The Master’s University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Santa Clarita, California. It awarded 4 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Divinity/Ministry at The Master’s University and Seminary

4

Fresno Pacific University
Fresno, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fresno Pacific University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in the Far Western US Region. Fresno Pacific University is a small school located in Fresno, California that handed out 5 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at Fresno Pacific University

• Most Focused Bachelor’s 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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