2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies in Pennsylvania

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania” ranking.

Theological & Ministerial Studies is the 55th most popular major in the country with 15,051 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, theological and ministerial studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,911 and had an average of $41,597 in loans still to pay off.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 544 theological and ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,400 and $45,935 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 5 theological and ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great theological and ministerial studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the theological and ministerial studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The theology 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 “Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania”.

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Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies in Pennsylvania

#1

University of Valley Forge

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$20,636 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Valley Forge landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Valley Forge is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. It awarded 5 associates’s theology degrees in 2019-2020.

UVF also made our “Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $20,636 for Pennsylvania Associate Degree Theology students per year to attend UVF.

Read full report on Theological & Ministerial Studies at University of Valley Forge

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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