2023 Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s

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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.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 4 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.

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Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 4 Most Popular 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 Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s list. Corban is a small school located in Salem, Oregon that handed out 12 bachelors’s divinity studies degrees in 2020-2021.

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

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Multnomah University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Portland, Oregon, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s divinity studies students 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

2

The Master's University and Seminary
Santa Clarita, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Master’s University and Seminary. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s list. The Master’s University and Seminary is a private not-for-profit institution located in Santa Clarita, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full The Master’s University Divinity/Ministry Report

4

Fresno Pacific University
Fresno, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fresno Pacific University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Divinity Studies Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s list. Fresno Pacific University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fresno, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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 Fresno Pacific

• Most Popular 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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