2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies in Idaho

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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 Idaho, there were 21 theological and ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,990 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 theological and ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,135 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Idaho” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in theological and ministerial studies. That schools that top this list have a program in theological and ministerial studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Idaho

The colleges and universities below are the best for idaho master’s degree theology students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies in Idaho

1

New Saint Andrews College
Moscow, Idaho

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Saint Andrews College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Idaho list. New Saint Andrews College is located in Moscow, Idaho and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s theology degrees to qualified students.

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2

Northwest Nazarene University
Nampa, Idaho

#5 overall quality in Idaho

$56,990 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Theology Major in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Nazarene University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Nampa, Idaho, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 16 degrees to qualified masters’s theology students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Theological & Ministerial Studies at NNU

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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