Theology is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #127 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Oregon to determine which ones were the best for theology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 62 degrees in theology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Theology Schools in Oregon list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of theology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student who is interested in theology has to check out Western Seminary. Located in the city of Portland, Western Seminary-San Jose is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
There were about 48 theology students who graduated with this degree at Western Seminary-San Jose in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in theology needs to look into George Fox University. GFU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the fringe town of Newberg.
There were about 3 theology students who graduated with this degree at GFU in the most recent data year.
Multnomah University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in theology. Located in the city of Portland, Multnomah University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were approximately 2 theology students who graduated with this degree at Multnomah University in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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