2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theology in Kansas

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Theology Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Theology is the 127th most popular major in the country with 6,253 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Kansas, there were 90 theology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 63 theology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,562 and $28,681 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Theology Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in theology. To top this list, a school must have a successful theology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Theology Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for kansas bachelor’s degree theology students.

Top 5 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Theology in Kansas

1

Benedictine College
Atchison, Kansas

#6 overall quality in Kansas

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Theology Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Benedictine College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Atchison, Kansas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 42 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s theology students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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 Theology at Benedictine College

2

Newman University
Wichita, Kansas

#13 overall quality in Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Newman University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Theology Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s. Newman University is located in Wichita, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s theology degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.

Full Newman University Theology Report

3

Barclay College
Haviland, Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Barclay College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Theology Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s. Barclay College is a small school located in Haviland, Kansas that handed out 2 bachelors’s theology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Theology at Barclay College

4

Manhattan Christian College
Manhattan, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Manhattan Christian College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Theology Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s list. Manhattan Christian College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Manhattan, Kansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full MCC Theology Report

4

Friends University
Wichita, Kansas

#18 overall quality in Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Friends University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Theology Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s list. Wichita, Kansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s theology degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Full Friends University Theology Report

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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.

Credits

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