2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for an Associate” ranking.

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,080 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 44 divinity/ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in divinity/ministry. To top this list, a school must have a successful divinity/ministry program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for an Associate”.

Top 2 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Divinity/Ministry in the Great Lakes Region

1

Ohio Christian University
Circleville, Ohio

Top 25% overall quality in Great Lakes

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio Christian University landed the #1 spot on the list. Circleville, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s divinity studies degrees to 44 students in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Ohio Christian University Divinity/Ministry Report

2

Allegheny Wesleyan College
Salem, Ohio

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Allegheny Wesleyan College landed the #2 spot on the list. Salem, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s divinity studies degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Full Allegheny Wesleyan Divinity/Ministry Report

• Most Popular 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

• *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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