by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Maryland” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 15,832 people earned their degree in theological and ministerial studies, making the major the 63rd most popular in the United States. 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 Maryland, there were 82 theological and ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,827 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 theological and ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,642 and $26,517 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Maryland” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in theological and ministerial studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their theological and ministerial studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland bachelor’s degree theology students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Yeshiva College of the Nations Capital landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Silver Spring, Maryland, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s theology degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Yeshiva College of the Nations Capital Theological & Ministerial Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mount St Mary’s University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Maryland. The Mount is a small school located in Emmitsburg, Maryland that handed out 10 bachelors’s theology degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Theological & Ministerial Studies at The Mount
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington Adventist University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Maryland list. This small school is located in Takoma Park, Maryland, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s theology degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Washington Adventist University Theological & Ministerial Studies Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Maple Springs Baptist Bible College and Seminary landed the #4 spot on the list. Capitol Heights, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s theology degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
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