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.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for divinity/ministry students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 852 degrees in divinity/ministry to qualified students.
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.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Divinity/Ministry Schools in Virginia list to help you make the college 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.
It is difficult to beat Liberty University if you want to pursue a degree in divinity/ministry. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #352 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Liberty University is a great university overall.
There were about 623 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Regent University if you want to pursue a degree in divinity/ministry. Regent is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Virginia Beach. This university ranks 20th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 109 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at Regent in the most recent data year.
Union Presbyterian Seminary is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in divinity/ministry. Located in the medium-sized city of Richmond, Union Presbyterian is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
There were approximately 27 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at Union Presbyterian in the most recent data year.
Virginia Union University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in divinity/ministry. Located in the city of Richmond, VUU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 62nd out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 71 divinity/ministry students who graduated with this degree at VUU 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.
