2024 Best Theology Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania
3Colleges in Pennsylvania
119Master's Degrees
If you pursue a master's degree in theology, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #49 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of theology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 119 master's degrees in theology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Theology School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of theology for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on theology students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of theology students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized theology related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for theology students working on their master's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Theology Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Theology in Pennsylvania
Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for theology students seeking a a master's degree.
Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Master's in Theology
Eastern University is a great choice for individuals interested in a master's degree in theology. Located in the large suburb of Saint Davids, EU is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in theology from Eastern University
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).