2023 Schools Highly Focused on Lay Ministry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Lay Ministry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Lay Ministry is the 630th most popular major in the country with 677 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 109 lay ministry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Lay Ministry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in lay ministry. That schools that top this list have a program in lay ministry in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools Highly Focused on Lay Ministry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region lay ministry students.
Top 4 Most Focused Colleges for Lay Ministry in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Westminster Theological Seminary. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Lay Ministry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Glenside, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 79 ’s lay ministry degrees in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Lay Ministry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fordham University landed the #2 spot on the list. Fordham University is located in Bronx, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 30 ’s lay ministry degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
Read full report on Lay Ministry at Fordham University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Vincent Seminary. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Lay Ministry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Saint Vincent Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. It awarded 0 ’s lay ministry degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on Lay Ministry at Saint Vincent Seminary
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend La Salle University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Lay Ministry Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. La Salle is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 0 ’s lay ministry degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Lay Ministry at La Salle University
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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
- *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.
