If you pursue a degree in divinity/ministry, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #113 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Divinity/Ministry Schools in Ohio ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 305 degrees in divinity/ministry during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of divinity/ministry school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for divinity/ministry schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Divinity/Ministry Schools in Ohio ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the divinity studies degree levels they offer.
Any student who is interested in divinity/ministry needs to take a look at Ohio Christian University. OCU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Circleville.
There were roughly 156 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at OCU in the most recent data year.
Payne Theological Seminary is a good option for students interested in a degree in divinity/ministry. Payne Theological Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Wilberforce.
There were roughly 40 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at Payne Theological Seminary in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of divinity/ministry school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for divinity/ministry schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
