by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Theology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Theological & Ministerial Studies is the 63rd most popular major in the country with 15,832 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, theological and ministerial studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $40,590 and had an average of $26,272 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,018 theological and ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,303 and $31,814 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 theological and ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Theology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in theological and ministerial studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in theological and ministerial studies.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Theology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Valley Forge. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Theology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UVF is a small school located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 associates’s theology degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Houghton College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Theology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Houghton, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s theology degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Theology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Immaculata University landed the #3 spot on the list. Immaculata University is a small school located in Immaculata, Pennsylvania that handed out 0 associates’s theology degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Theology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Maple Springs Baptist Bible College and Seminary landed the #3 spot on the list. Maple Springs Baptist Bible College and Seminary is a small school located in Capitol Heights, Maryland that handed out 11 associates’s theology degrees in 2020-2021.
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