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2022 Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate

4 Ranked Colleges
41 Degrees Awarded
$20,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Theology is the 131st most popular major in the country with 5,846 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 41 theology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in theology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality theology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the theology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree theology students.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Theology

#1

The Baptist College of Florida

Graceville, Florida
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Baptist College of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate. BCF is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Graceville, Florida. It awarded 2 associates’s theology degrees in 2019-2020.

BCF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Theology Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $10,288 for associate degree theology students per year to attend BCF.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Theology at The Baptist College of Florida

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate list. IWU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Marion, Indiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IWU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Theology Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for IWU is $22,207 for Associate Degree Theology students.

Read full report on Theology at IWU

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Franciscan University of Steubenville. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate list. Steubenville, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s theology degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Franciscan U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Theology Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $24,918 for Associate Degree Theology students per year to attend Franciscan U.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Franciscan University of Steubenville Theology Report

#4

Oklahoma Wesleyan University

Bartlesville, Oklahoma
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma Wesleyan University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Theology Schools for an Associate list. Oklahoma Wesleyan University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. It awarded 1 associates’s theology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OKWU or OWU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Theology Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $25,246 for associate degree theology students per year to attend OKWU or OWU.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Theology at OKWU or OWU

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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