2025 Best Biblical Studies Schools in Arkansas

If you plan on majoring in biblical studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #146 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 Arkansas to determine which ones were the best for biblical studies students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 56 degrees in biblical studies annually.

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• Best Overall Biblical Studies Schools List

Biblical Studies Rankings by Degree Level

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 Biblical Studies Schools in Arkansas list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Biblical Studies in Arkansas

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the bible degree levels they offer.

Top Arkansas Schools in Bible

1

Harding University
Searcy, AR

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

$48,073 Median Starting Salary

Harding University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in biblical studies. Located in the town of Searcy, Harding is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Those biblical studies students who get their degree from Harding University receive $13,454 more than the typical bible student.

More information about a degree in biblical studies from Harding University

2

Central Baptist College
Conway, AR

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student who is interested in biblical studies has to check out Central Baptist College. CBC is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Conway.More information about a degree in biblical studies from Central Baptist College

Best Biblical Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Biblical Studies Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	287	91
Florida	282	119
North Carolina	279	127
Virginia	274	167
Tennessee	269	242
South Carolina	248	123
Kentucky	244	90
Louisiana	242	18
Mississippi	234	69
Alabama	233	42
West Virginia	207	45

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Rankings in Majors Related to Bible

One of 7 majors within the Theology & Religious Vocations area of study, Biblical Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Bible Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Bible/Biblical Studies	56

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Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries	21
Theological & Ministerial Studies	20
Sacred Music	12
Missionary Studies	4

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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.