Divinity/Ministry is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #113 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Divinity/Ministry Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 202 degrees in divinity/ministry during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The divinity studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Divinity/Ministry rankings. We derive our Best Overall Divinity/Ministry School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The divinity studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Divinity/Ministry Schools in New York.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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The schools below may not offer all types of divinity studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in divinity/ministry needs to look into Union Theological Seminary. Union is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.
There were about 57 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at Union in the most recent year we have data available.
Northeastern Seminary is a great option for students interested in a degree in divinity/ministry. Northeastern Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Rochester.
There were about 12 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at Northeastern Seminary in the most recent data year.
Nyack College is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in divinity/ministry. Nyack is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of New York.
There were roughly 45 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at Nyack in the most recent year we have data available.
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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The divinity studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Divinity/Ministry rankings. We derive our Best Overall Divinity/Ministry School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
