2025 Best Bible/Biblical Studies Doctor's Degree Schools

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in bible/biblical studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #188 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for bible/biblical studies students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 97 doctor's degrees in bible/biblical studies to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to bible/biblical studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of bible/biblical studies students who choose to seek a doctor'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 bible/biblical studies related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for bible/biblical studies students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Bible/Biblical Studies Schools

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 Bible/Biblical Studies Doctor's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Bible/Biblical Studies in the United States

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in bible/biblical studies.

Top Schools for a Doctorate in Bible Studies

1

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Kansas City, MO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

44 Annual Graduates

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is a wonderful decision for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in bible/biblical studies. Located in the large city of Kansas City, MBTS is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in bible/biblical studies from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

2

Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Liberty University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in bible/biblical studies. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Lynchburg.More information about a doctorate in bible/biblical studies from Liberty University

Bible/Biblical Studies by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Rankings in Majors Related to Bible Studies

One of 0 majors within the Biblical Studies area of study, Bible/Biblical Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.