2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in Arizona

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in Arizona” ranking.

Divinity/Ministry is the 113th most popular major in the country with 7,238 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Arizona, there were 63 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 63 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,654 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in Arizona” ranking, we looked at 3 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in Arizona

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

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in Arizona

1

Phoenix Seminary
Scottsdale, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Phoenix Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in Arizona list. Phoenix Seminary is located in Scottsdale, Arizona and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s divinity studies degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Divinity/Ministry at Phoenix Seminary

2

International Baptist College and Seminary
Chandler, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend International Baptist College and Seminary. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in Arizona. Located in Chandler, Arizona, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s divinity studies students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full International Baptist College and Seminary Divinity/Ministry Report

3

Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, Arizona

#4 overall quality in Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Divinity Studies Major in Arizona list. This large school is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it awarded 47 masters’s divinity studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Divinity/Ministry at Grand Canyon University

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Southwest Region
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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

• *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.

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