2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies in Virginia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Theology Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Virginia, there were 1,968 theological and ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,640 and $51,021 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1,683 theological and ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theology Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in theological and ministerial studies. 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the theological and ministerial studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Value Theology Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Theology Schools for a Master’s in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theology Schools for a Master’s in Virginia.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies in Virginia

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$8,349 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,887 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theology Schools for a Master’s in Virginia. Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1,465 masters’s theology degrees to qualified students.

Liberty University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Liberty University are $8,349.

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#2

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$17,052 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$41,342 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Regent University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Theology Schools for a Master’s in Virginia. Regent University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 86 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Regent not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Regent University are $17,052, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Union Presbyterian Seminary

Richmond, Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$13,190 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$50,856 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Theology Schools for a Master’s in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Union Presbyterian Seminary landed the #3 spot on the list. Richmond, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s theology degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Union Presbyterian, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Union Presbyterian are $13,190, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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